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182 PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW (703 amended July 28, 1953, P.L.688, No.218) Section 703.1. Child Support Intercept of Unemployment Compensation.-- Notwithstanding any other provisions of this or any other act:
(a) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall,
at the time of filing such claim, be required to disclose whether he owes
child support obligations as defined in subsection (h).
(b) Information that the individual has been determined to be eligible for
unemployment compensation shall be provided to State or local child
support enforcement agencies enforcing such obligation.
(c) The Department of Labor & Industry shall deduct and withhold from any
unemployment compensation payable to an individual that owes child
support obligations as defined under subsection (h):
(1) the amount specified by the individual to be deducted and withheld
under this subsection if neither paragraph (2) nor (3) is applicable:
(2) the amount (if any) determined pursuant to an agreement submitted
to the department under section 454(20)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act
by the State or local child support enforcement agency, unless paragraph
(3) is applicable; or
(3) any amount otherwise required to be so deducted and withheld from
such unemployment compensation pursuant to legal process
(as defined in section 462(e) of the Social Security Act).
(d) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (c) shall be paid to the
appropriate State or local child support enforcement agency.
(e) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (c) shall for all purposes
be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation
and paid by such individual to the State or local child support enforcement
agency in satisfaction of the individual's child support obligations.
(f) For purposes of subsections (a) through (e), the term "unemployment
compensation" means any compensation payable under the State law
(including amounts payable pursuant to an agreement under any Federal law
providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to
unemployment).