The Child Support Recovery Act of 1992, also known as Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act and Public Law#102-521, was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 25, 1992.
This legislation included recommendations from the final report issued by the U.S. Commission on Interstate Child Support (created by FSA) in 1992.
Key points of the legislation included: 1.Made willful failure to pay child support to a child in another state a federal crime 2.Commission on Child and Family Welfare was created.
The result of that commission’s work was the Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act.