Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al.
SocialSecurity DueProcess FirstAmendment Immigration
In the context of the federal CSE reimbursement program, is the 'open-ended' and thus manipulatable federal program constitutional as currently practiced by Massachusetts?
QUESTION PRESENTED In the context of the federal CSE! reimbursement program, the Massachusetts Legislature enacted an ambiguous interpretation? by implying a possible spectrum for the rate of reimbursements3. Is the “open-ended” and thus manipulatable federal program constitutional as currently practiced by Massachusetts? 1 Federal reimbursements associated with the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program are defined and reported to the US Congress by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS documents in the Child Support Enforcement: Program Basics (9/8/2022): “The program is a federal-state matching grant program under which states must spend money in order to receive federal funding. For every dollar a state spends on CSE expenditures, it generally is reimbursed 66 cents from the federal government. This reimbursement requirement is ‘open-ended,’ in that there is no upper limit or ceiling on the federal government’s match of those expenditures,” see 2 See (at 1201-0160) mandating that “federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement.” 3 The relevant pages with highlights of the above are attached as