[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR310.5]

[Page 320-321]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 310_COMPREHENSIVE TRIBAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CSE) PROGRAMS
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Sec. 310.5  What definitions apply to this part?

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    ACF means the Administration for Children and Families, Department 
of Health and Human Services.
    Act means the Social Security Act, unless otherwise specified.
    Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
    Central office means the central office of the Office of Child 
Support Enforcement.
    CSE services are the services that are required for establishment of 
paternity, establishment, modification, and

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enforcement of support orders, and location of noncustodial parents as 
required in title IV-D of the Act, this rule, and the Tribal CSE plan. 
In some situations, the appropriate service may be for a Tribe or Tribal 
organization to refer an applicant for CSE services to another Tribal 
CSE agency or a State IV-D agency.
    Child support order and child support obligation mean a judgment, 
decree, or order, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, 
issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, 
for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has 
attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing jurisdiction, 
or of the parent with whom the child is living, which provides for 
monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and which 
may include related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income 
withholding, attorneys' fees, and other relief.
    The Department means the Department of Health and Human Services.
    Indian means a person who is a member of an Indian Tribe.
    Indian Tribe and Tribe mean any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, 
nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior 
acknowledges to exist as an Indian Tribe and includes in the list of 
Federally recognized Indian Tribal governments as published in the 
Federal Register pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 479a-1.
    Location means information concerning the physical whereabouts of 
the noncustodial parent, or the noncustodial parent's employer(s), and 
other sources of income or assets, as appropriate, which is sufficient 
and necessary to take the next appropriate action in a case.
    Regional office refers to one of the regional offices of the 
Administration for Children and Families.
    Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services.
    Title IV-D refers to the title of the Social Security Act that 
authorizes the Child Support Enforcement Program, including the Tribal 
Child Support Enforcement Program.
    Tribal CSE agency means the organizational unit in the Tribe or 
Tribal organization that has the delegated authority for administering 
or supervising the Tribal CSE program under section 455(f) of the Act.
    Tribal organization means the recognized governing body of any 
Indian Tribe as defined in this part; any legally established 
organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by 
such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult 
members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and 
which includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its 
activities: Provided, That in any case where a contract is let or grant 
made to an organization to perform services benefitting one or more 
Indian Tribes, the approval of each such Indian Tribe shall be a 
prerequisite to the letting or making of such contract or grant.