# 116-hr-7725: PARENTS Act of 2020

116-hr-7725, PARENTS Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7725
- Congress: 116
- Title: PARENTS Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2020-07-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and Daughters Act of 2020 or the PARENTS Act of 2020 This bill expands the use of federal incentive payments to states under the Child Support Enforcement Program to include establishing agreements for how much time a child spends with each parent as agreed to by the parents under a child support or medical support order. Generally, the incentive payments program provides funding based on a state's performance measures related to (1) establishing paternity, (2) the number of cases with child support orders in place, (3) the collection of current and past-due support payments, and (4) cost-effectiveness.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2020-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-8696: Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8267: To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of water heater under energy conservation standards, and for other purposes.
- 116-hr-7947: Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act
- 116-hr-5494: Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-7725 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7725)

## Related
- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-8696: Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8696)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8267: To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of wat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8267)
- [116-hr-7947: Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7947)
- [116-hr-5494: Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5494)
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