SEC. 213. PERFECTING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO WITH-
HOLDING FROM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
(a) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
ASSIGNMENT
PROHIBI-
TION.—Section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
407) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit withholding taxes from any benefit under this title,
if such withholding is done pursuant to a request made
in accordance with section 3402(p)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 by the person entitled to such benefit
or such persons’ representative payee.’’.
(b) PROPER ALLOCATION OF COSTS OF WITHHOLD-
ING BETWEEN THE TRUST FUNDS AND THE GENERAL
FUND.—Section 201(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 401(g))
is amended—
(1) by inserting before the period in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii) the following: ‘‘and the functions of the
Social Security Administration in connection with
the withholding of taxes from benefits, as described
in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by persons
entitled to such benefits or such persons’ representa-
tive payee’’;
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of
paragraph (1)(A) the following: ‘‘and the functions
of the Social Security Administration in connection
with the withholding of taxes from benefits, as de-
scribed in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by
persons entitled to such benefits or such persons’
representative payee’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A)),’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A))
and the functions of the Social Security Administra-
tion in connection with the withholding of taxes from
benefits, as described in section 207(c), pursuant to
requests by persons entitled to such benefits or such
persons’ representative payee,’’;
(4) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii), by inserting before
the period the following: ‘‘and the functions of the
Social Security Administration in connection with
the withholding of taxes from benefits, as described
in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by persons
entitled to such benefits or such persons’ representa-
tive payee’’;
(5) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting after
‘‘section 232’’ the following: ‘‘and the functions of
the Social Security Administration in connection
with the withholding of taxes from benefits as de-
scribed in section 207(c)’’; and
(6) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the first
sentence the following: ‘‘The Board of Trustees of
such Trust Funds shall prescribe before January 1,
1998, the method of determining the costs which
should be borne by the general fund in the Treasury
of carrying out the functions of the Social Security
Administration in connection with the withholding of
taxes from benefits, as described in section 207(c),
pursuant to requests by persons entitled to such
benefits or such persons’ representative payee.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (b) shall apply to benefits paid on or after the
first day of the second month beginning after the month
in which this Act is enacted.
SEC. 214. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROHIBITION AGAINST
PAYMENT OF TITLE II BENEFITS TO PRISONERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(3) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B)(i) The Commissioner shall enter into an agree-
ment, with any interested State or local institution com-
prising a jail, prison, penal institution, correctional facil-
ity, or other institution a purpose of which is to confine
individuals as described in paragraph (1)(A), under
which—
‘‘(I) the institution shall provide to the Com-
missioner, on a monthly basis and in a manner spec-
ified by the Commissioner, the names, social security
account numbers, dates of birth, confinement com-
mencement dates, and, to the extent available to the
institution, such other identifying information con-
cerning the individuals confined in the institution as
the Commissioner may require for the purpose of
carrying out paragraph (1); and
‘‘(II) the Commissioner shall pay to the institu-
tion, with respect to information described in sub-
clause (I) concerning each individual who is confined
therein as described in paragraph (1)(A), who re-
ceives a benefit under this title for the month pre-
ceding the first month of such confinement, and
whose benefit under this title is determined by the
Commissioner to be not payable by reason of con-
finement based on the information provided by the
institution, $400 (subject to reduction under clause
(ii)) if the institution furnishes the information to
the Commissioner within 30 days after the date such
individual’s confinement in such institution begins,
or $200 (subject to reduction under clause (ii)) if
the institution furnishes the information after 30
days after such date but within 90 days after such
date.
‘‘(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II)
shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also
required to make a payment to the institution with respect
to the same individual under an agreement entered into
under section 1611(e)(1)(I).
‘‘(iii) There is authorized to be transferred from the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as appro-
priate, such sums as may be necessary to enable the Com-
missioner to make payments to institutions required by
clause (i)(II).
‘‘(iv) The Commissioner is authorized to provide, on
a reimbursable basis, information obtained pursuant to
agreements entered into under clause (i) to any agency
administering a Federal or federally-assisted cash, food,
or medical assistance program for eligibility purposes.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to individuals whose
period of confinement in an institution commences
on or after the first day of the fourth month begin-
ning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
(b) ELIMINATION OF TITLE II REQUIREMENT THAT
CONFINEMENT STEM FROM CRIME PUNISHABLE BY IM-
PRISONMENT FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(1)(A) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘during’’ and inserting ‘‘throughout’’;
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘an offense
punishable by imprisonment for more than 1
year (regardless of the actual sentence im-
posed)’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal offense’’; and
(C) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘an of-
fense punishable by imprisonment for more
than 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal of-
fense’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to individuals whose
period of confinement in an institution commences
on or after the first day of the fourth month begin-
ning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
(c) INCLUSION OF TITLE II ISSUES IN STUDY AND
REPORT REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PRISONERS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 203(b)(1) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1611(e)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 202(x)
and 1611(e)(1)’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1611(e)(1)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
202(x)(3)(B) or 1611(e)(1)(I)’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
203(c) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘section
1611(e)(1)(I)’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following: ‘‘sections 202(x)(3)(B) and 1611(e)(1)(I)
of the Social Security Act.’’.
(3) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by
paragraph (1) shall apply as if included in the enact-
ment of section 203(b) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–193). The amendment made
by paragraph (2) shall apply as if included in the
enactment of section 203(c) of such Act.
(d) CONFORMING TITLE XVI AMENDMENTS.—
(1) FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN TITLE XVI
PAYMENT IN CASE INVOLVING COMPARABLE TITLE II
PAYMENT.—Section 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)), as amended by
section 201(b) of this Act, is amended further—
(A) in clause (i)(II), by inserting ‘‘(subject
to reduction under clause (ii))’’ after ‘‘$400’’
and after ‘‘$200’’;
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii)
as clauses (iii) and (iv) respectively; and
(C) by inserting after clause (i) the follow-
ing new clause:
‘‘(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II)
shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also
required to make a payment to the institution with respect
to the same individual under an agreement entered into
under section 202(x)(3)(B).’’.
(2) EXPANSION OF CATEGORIES OF INSTITU-
TIONS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH
THE
COMMISSIONER.—Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)) is amended in
the matter preceding subclause (I) by striking ‘‘in-
stitution’’ and all that follows through ‘‘section
202(x)(1)(A),’’ and inserting ‘‘institution comprising
a jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facil-
ity, or with any other interested State or local insti-
tution a purpose of which is to confine individuals
as described in section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii),’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of section 203(a) of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2186).
The reference to section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii) of the So-
cial Security Act in section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of such
Act as amended by paragraph (2) shall be deemed
a reference to such section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii) as
amended by subsection (b)(1)(C).
(e) EXEMPTION FROM COMPUTER MATCHING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 552a(a)(8)(B) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(v) and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(vi); and
(C) by inserting after clause (vi) the fol-
lowing new clause:
‘‘(vii) matches performed pursuant to
section 202(x), 205(j), 1611(e)(1), or
1631(a)(2) of the Social Security Act;’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1611(e)(1)(I)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(iii)), as so redesignated by sub-
section (d)(1)(B) of this section, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(I) The provisions’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘(II) The Commis-
sioner’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commissioner’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘agency administering a’’
before ‘‘Federal or federally–assisted’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(f) CONTINUED DENIAL OF BENEFITS TO SEX OF-
FENDERS REMAINING CONFINED TO PUBLIC INSTITU-
TIONS UPON COMPLETION OF PRISON TERM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is
amended—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(B) in clause (ii)(IV), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) immediately upon completion of confine-
ment as described in clause (i) pursuant to convic-
tion of a criminal offense an element of which is sex-
ual activity, is confined by court order in an institu-
tion at public expense pursuant to a finding that the
individual is a sexually dangerous person or a sexual
predator or a similar finding.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply with respect to bene-
fits for months ending after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 215. SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 703(i) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 903(i)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, and
three’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Board,’’; and
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘clerical’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 108 of the Contract with America Ad-
vancement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–121; 110 Stat.
857).
TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT
SEC. 301. STATE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
(a) INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO FEE FOR CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.—Section 454(6)(B) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(6)(B)) is amended
by striking ‘‘individuals not receiving assistance under any
State program funded under part A, which’’ and inserting
‘‘an individual, other than an individual receiving assist-
ance under a State program funded under part A or E,
or under a State plan approved under title XIX, or who
is required by the State to cooperate with the State agency
administering the program under this part pursuant to
subsection (l) or (m) of section 6 of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977, and’’.
(b) 
CORRECTION
OF
REFERENCE.—Section
464(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
654(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
‘‘section 454(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 454(4)(A)(ii)’’.
SEC. 302. DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTED SUPPORT.
(a) 
CONTINUATION
OF
ASSIGNMENTS.—Section
457(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(b)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘which were assigned’’ and in-
serting ‘‘assigned’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and which were in effect’’ and
all that follows and inserting ‘‘and in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1997 (or such earlier date, on or after
August 22, 1996, as the State may choose), shall re-
main assigned after such date.’’.
(b) STATE OPTION FOR APPLICABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 457(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(6) STATE OPTION FOR APPLICABILITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this subsection,
a State may elect to apply the rules described in
clauses (i)(II), (ii)(II), and (v) of paragraph (2)(B)
to support arrearages collected on and after October
1, 1998, and, if the State makes such an election,
shall apply the provisions of this section, as in effect
and applied on the day before the date of enactment
of section 302 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
193, 110 Stat. 2200), other than subsection (b)(1)
(as so in effect), to amounts collected before October
1, 1998.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
408(a)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
608(a)(3)(A)) is amended—
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after
‘‘(i)’’;
(B) in clause (ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting
‘‘(II)’’; and
(ii) by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end, the following:
‘‘(ii) if the State elects to distribute
collections under section 457(a)(6), the
date the family ceases to receive assistance
under the program, if the assignment is
executed on or after October 1, 1998.’’.
(c) DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTIONS WITH RESPECT
TO
FAMILIES
RECEIVING
ASSISTANCE.—Section
457(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(1))
is amended by adding at the end the following flush lan-
guage:
‘‘In no event shall the total of the amounts paid to
the Federal Government and retained by the State
exceed the total of the amounts that have been paid
to the family as assistance by the State.’’.
(d) FAMILIES UNDER CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—Sec-
tion 457(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
657(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) 
FAMILIES
UNDER
CERTAIN
AGREE-
MENTS.—In the case of an amount collected for a
family in accordance with a cooperative agreement
under section 454(33), distribute the amount so col-
lected pursuant to the terms of the agreement.’’.
(e) STUDY AND REPORT.—Section 457(a)(5) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(5)) is amended by
striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’.
(f) 
CORRECTIONS
OF
REFERENCES.—Section
457(a)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
657(a)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(other than subsection
(b)(1))’’ each place it appears; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘(other than subsection
(b)(1) (as so in effect))’’ after ‘‘1996’’ each
place it appears; and
(2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘paragraph
(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’.
(g) CORRECTION OF TERRITORIAL MATCH.—Section
457(c)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
657(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal medi-
cal assistance percentage (as defined in section 1118)’’
and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’.
(h) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 457(c)(2) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(c)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘collected’’ the second place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘distributed’’.
(2) FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENT-
AGE.—Section 457(c)(3)(B) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 657(c)(3)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘as in effect on September 30, 1996’’ and inserting
‘‘as such section was in effect on September 30,
1995’’.
(i) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 464(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 664(a)(2)(A)) is amended, in the pe-
nultimate sentence, by inserting ‘‘in accordance with
section 457’’ after ‘‘owed’’.
(2) Section 466(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(3)(B)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘457(b)(4) or (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘457’’.
SEC. 303. CIVIL PENALTIES RELATING TO STATE DIREC-
TORY OF NEW HIRES.
Section 453A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
653a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘shall be less than’’ and inserting
‘‘shall not exceed’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$25’’
and inserting ‘‘$25 per failure to meet the re-
110
(c) EXPANDED DEFINITION OF VETERAN.—Sections
402(a)(2)(C)(i), 
402(b)(2)(C)(i), 
403(b)(2)(A), 
and
412(b)(3)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity 
Reconciliation 
Act 
of 
1996 
(8 
U.S.C.
1612(a)(2)(C)(i), 1612(b)(2)(C)(i), 1613(b)(2)(A), and
1622(b)(3)(A)) are each amended by inserting ‘‘, 1101,
or 1301, or as described in section 107’’ after ‘‘section
101’’.
SEC. 404. CORRECTION OF REFERENCE CONCERNING
CUBAN AND HAITIAN ENTRANTS.
Section 403(d) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1613(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 501 of the Refugee’’
and insert ‘‘section 501(a) of the Refugee’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 501(e)(2)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 501(e)’’.
SEC. 405. NOTIFICATION CONCERNING ALIENS NOT LAW-
FULLY PRESENT: CORRECTION OF TERMI-
NOLOGY.
Section 1631(e)(9) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1383(e)(9)) and section 27 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as added by section 404 of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996, are each amended by striking ‘‘unlawfully