means acceptable in another State which is the initi-
ating or responding State in such proceeding.
‘‘(E) 
COOPERATION
BY
EMPLOYERS.—The
State law adopted pursuant to subparagraph (A)
shall provide for the use of procedures (including
sanctions for noncompliance) under which all entities
in the State (including for-profit, nonprofit, and gov-
ernmental employers) are required to provide
promptly, in response to a request by the State
agency of that or any other State administering a
program under this part, information on the employ-
ment, compensation, and benefits of any individual
employed by such entity as an employee or contrac-
tor.’’.
SEC. 132. IMPROVEMENTS TO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT
FOR CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
Section 1738B of title 28, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection
(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (e), (f), and (i)’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 2nd
undesignated paragraph the following:
‘‘ ‘child’s home State’ means the State in which
a child lived with a parent or a person acting as par-
ent for at least six consecutive months immediately
preceding the time of filing of a petition or com-
parable pleading for support and, if a child is less
than six months old, the State in which the child
lived from birth with any of them. A period of tem-
porary absence of any of them is counted as part
of the six-month period.’’;
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘by a court
of a State’’ before ‘‘is made’’;
(4) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and sub-
sections (e), (f), and (g)’’ after ‘‘located’’;
(5) in subsection (d)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘individual’’ before ‘‘con-
testant’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’;
(6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘make a modi-
fication of a child support order with respect to a
child that is made’’ and inserting ‘‘modify a child
support order issued’’;
(7) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘pursuant
to subsection (i)’’ before the semicolon;
(8) in subsection (e)(2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘individual’’ before ‘‘con-
testant’’ each place such term appears; and
(B) by striking ‘‘to that court’s making the
modification and assuming’’ and inserting ‘‘with
the State of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
for a court of another State to modify the order
and assume’’;
(9) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
subsections (g) and (h), respectively;
(10) by inserting after subsection (e) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(f) RECOGNITION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.—
If one or more child support orders have been issued in
this or another State with regard to an obligor and a child,
a court shall apply the following rules in determining
which order to recognize for purposes of continuing, exclu-
sive jurisdiction and enforcement:
‘‘(1) If only one court has issued a child sup-
port order, the order of that court must be recog-
nized.
‘‘(2) If two or more courts have issued child
support orders for the same obligor and child, and
only one of the courts would have continuing, exclu-
sive jurisdiction under this section, the order of that
court must be recognized.
‘‘(3) If two or more courts have issued child
support orders for the same obligor and child, and
only one of the courts would have continuing, exclu-
sive jurisdiction under this section, an order issued
by a court in the current home State of the child
must be recognized, but if an order has not been is-
sued in the current home State of the child, the
order most recently issued must be recognized.
‘‘(4) If two or more courts have issued child
support orders for the same obligor and child, and
none of the courts would have continuing, exclusive
jurisdiction under this section, a court may issue a
child support order, which must be recognized.
‘‘(5) The court that has issued an order recog-
nized under this subsection is the court having con-
tinuing, exclusive jurisdiction.’’;
(11) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘PRIOR’’ and inserting
‘‘MODIFIED’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’;
(12) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘includ-
ing the duration of current payments and other
obligations of support’’ before the comma; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘arrears
under’’ after ‘‘enforce’’; and
(13) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.—If there is
no individual contestant or child residing in the issuing
State, the party or support enforcement agency seeking
to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order
issued in another State shall register that order in a State
with jurisdiction over the nonmovant for the purpose of
modification.’’.
SEC. 133. STATE LAWS PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCE-
DURES.
(a) STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.—Section 466 (42
U.S.C. 666) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), in the first sentence, to
read as follows: ‘‘Expedited administrative and judi-
cial procedures (including the procedures specified in
subsection (c)) for establishing paternity and for es-
tablishing, modifying, and enforcing support obliga-
tions.’’; and
(2) by adding after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c) EXPEDITED
PROCEDURES.—The procedures
specified in this subsection are the following:
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION BY STATE AGEN-
CY.—Procedures which give the State agency the au-
thority (and recognize and enforce the authority of
State agencies of other States), without the necessity
of obtaining an order from any other judicial or ad-
ministrative tribunal (but subject to due process
safeguards, including (as appropriate) requirements
for notice, opportunity to contest the action, and op-
portunity for an appeal on the record to an inde-
pendent administrative or judicial tribunal), to take
the following actions relating to establishment or en-
forcement of orders:
‘‘(A) GENETIC TESTING.—To order genetic
testing for the purpose of paternity establish-
ment as provided in section 466(a)(5).
‘‘(B) DEFAULT ORDERS.—To enter a de-
fault order, upon a showing of service of proc-
ess and any additional showing required by
State law—
‘‘(i) establishing paternity, in the case
of any putative father who refuses to sub-
mit to genetic testing; and
‘‘(ii) establishing or modifying a sup-
port obligation, in the case of a parent (or
other obligor or obligee) who fails to re-
spond to notice to appear at a proceeding
for such purpose.
‘‘(C) SUBPOENAS.—To subpoena any fi-
nancial or other information needed to estab-
lish, modify, or enforce an order, and to sanc-
tion failure to respond to any such subpoena.
‘‘(D) ACCESS TO PERSONAL AND FINAN-
CIAL INFORMATION.—To obtain access, subject
to safeguards on privacy and information secu-
rity, to the following records (including auto-
mated access, in the case of records maintained
in automated data bases):
‘‘(i) records of other State and local
government agencies, including—
‘‘(I) vital statistics (including
records of marriage, birth, and di-
vorce);
‘‘(II) State and local tax and rev-
enue records (including information
on residence address, employer, in-
come and assets);
‘‘(III) records concerning real
and titled personal property;
‘‘(IV) records of occupational and
professional licenses, and records con-
cerning the ownership and control of
corporations, partnerships, and other
business entities;
‘‘(V) 
employment 
security
records;
‘‘(VI) records of agencies admin-
istering public assistance programs;
‘‘(VII) records of the motor vehi-
cle department; and
‘‘(VIII) corrections records; and
‘‘(ii) certain records held by private
entities, including—
‘‘(I) customer records of public
utilities and cable television compa-
nies; and
‘‘(II) information (including in-
formation on assets and liabilities) on
individuals who owe or are owed sup-
port (or against or with respect to
whom a support obligation is sought)
held by financial institutions (subject
to limitations on liability of such enti-
ties arising from affording such ac-
cess).
‘‘(E) INCOME
WITHHOLDING.—To order
income withholding in accordance with sub-
section (a)(1) and (b) of section 466.
‘‘(F) CHANGE IN PAYEE.—(In cases where
support is subject to an assignment under sec-
tion 402(a)(26), 471(a)(17), or 1912, or to a
requirement to pay through the centralized col-
lections unit under section 454B) upon provid-
ing notice to obligor and obligee, to direct the
obligor or other payor to change the payee to
the appropriate government entity.
‘‘(G) SECURE ASSETS TO SATISFY ARREAR-
AGES.—For the purpose of securing overdue
support—
‘‘(i) to intercept and seize any peri-
odic or lump-sum payment to the obligor
by or through a State or local government
agency, including—
‘‘(I) 
unemployment 
compensa-
tion, 
workers’ 
compensation, 
and
other benefits;
‘‘(II) judgments and settlements
in cases under the jurisdiction of the
State or local government; and
‘‘(III) lottery winnings;
‘‘(ii) to attach and seize assets of the
obligor held by financial institutions;
‘‘(iii) to attach public and private re-
tirement funds in appropriate cases, as de-
termined by the Secretary; and
‘‘(iv) to impose liens in accordance
with paragraph (a)(4) and, in appropriate
cases, to force sale of property and dis-
tribution of proceeds.
‘‘(H) INCREASE
MONTHLY
PAYMENTS.—
For the purpose of securing overdue support, to
increase the amount of monthly support pay-
ments to include amounts for arrearages (sub-
ject to such conditions or restrictions as the
State may provide).
‘‘(I) 
SUSPENSION
OF
DRIVERS’ 
LI-
CENSES.—To suspend drivers’ licenses of indi-
viduals owing past-due support, in accordance
with subsection (a)(16).
‘‘(2) SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL RULES.—
The expedited procedures required under subsection
(a)(2) shall include the following rules and author-
ity, applicable with respect to all proceedings to es-
tablish paternity or to establish, modify, or enforce
support orders:
‘‘(B) STATEWIDE
JURISDICTION.—Proce-
dures under which—
‘‘(i) the State agency and any admin-
istrative or judicial tribunal with authority
to hear child support and paternity cases
exerts statewide jurisdiction over the par-
ties, and orders issued in such cases have
statewide effect; and
‘‘(ii) (in the case of a State in which
orders in such cases are issued by local ju-
risdictions) a case may be transferred be-
tween jurisdictions in the State without
need for any additional filing by the peti-
tioner, or service of process upon the re-
spondent, to retain jurisdiction over the
parties.’’.
(c) EXCEPTIONS
FROM
STATE
LAW
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 466(d) (42 U.S.C. 666(d)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘(d) If’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d) EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
if’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) NONEXEMPT
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall not grant an exemption from the re-
quirements of—
‘‘(A) subsection (a)(5) (concerning proce-
dures for paternity establishment);
‘‘(B) subsection (a)(10) (concerning modi-
fication of orders);
‘‘(C) subsection (a)(12) (concerning re-
cording of orders in the central State case reg-
istry);
‘‘(D) subsection (a)(13) (concerning re-
cording of Social Security numbers);
‘‘(E) subsection (a)(14) (concerning inter-
state enforcement); or
‘‘(F) subsection (c) (concerning expedited
procedures), other than paragraph (1)(A) there-
of (concerning establishment or modification of
support amount).’’.
(d) AUTOMATION OF STATE AGENCY FUNCTIONS.—
Section 454A, as added by section 115(a)(2) of this Act
and as amended by sections 121 and 122(c) of this Act,
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(h) EXPEDITED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.—
The automated system required under this section shall
be used, to the maximum extent feasible, to implement any
expedited administrative procedures required under sec-
tion 466(c).’’.
Subtitle E—Paternity
Establishment
SEC. 141. STATE LAWS CONCERNING PATERNITY ESTAB-
LISHMENT.
(a) STATE LAWS REQUIRED.—Section 466(a)(5) (42
U.S.C. 666(a)(5)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(5) PROCEDURES CONCERNING PATERNITY ES-
TABLISHMENT.—’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(A)(i)’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
PROCESS
AVAIL-
ABLE
FROM
BIRTH
UNTIL
AGE
EIGHTEEN.—
(i)’’; and
(B) by indenting clauses (i) and (ii) so
that the left margin of such clauses is 2 ems to
the right of the left margin of paragraph (4);
(3) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(B) PROCEDURES CONCERNING GENETIC
TESTING.—(i)’’;
(B) in clause (i), as redesignated, by in-
serting before the period ‘‘, where such request
is supported by a sworn statement (I) by such
party alleging paternity setting forth facts es-
tablishing a reasonable possibility of the req-
uisite sexual contact of the parties, or (II) by
such party denying paternity setting forth facts
establishing a reasonable possibility of the
nonexistence of sexual contact of the parties;’’;
(C) by inserting after and below clause (i)
(as redesignated) the following new clause:
‘‘(ii) Procedures which require the State
agency, in any case in which such agency orders
genetic testing—
‘‘(I) to pay costs of such tests, subject
to recoupment (where the State so elects)
from the putative father if paternity is es-
tablished; and
‘‘(II) to obtain additional testing in
any case where an original test result is
disputed, upon request and advance pay-
ment by the disputing party.’’;
(4) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(C) PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—(i)
Procedures for a simple civil process for volun-
tarily acknowledging paternity under which the
State must provide that, before a mother and a
putative father can sign an acknowledgment of
paternity, the putative father and the mother
must be given notice, orally, in writing, and in
a language that each can understand, of the al-
ternatives to, the legal consequences of, and the
rights (including, if 1 parent is a minor, any
rights afforded due to minority status) and re-
sponsibilities that arise from, signing the ac-
knowledgment.
‘‘(ii) Such procedures must include a hos-
pital-based program for the voluntary acknowl-
edgment of paternity focusing on the period im-
mediately before or after the birth of a child.
‘‘(iii) Such procedures must require the
State agency responsible for maintaining birth
records to offer voluntary paternity establish-
ment services.
‘‘(iv) The Secretary shall prescribe regula-
tions governing voluntary paternity establish-
ment services offered by hospitals and birth
record agencies. The Secretary shall prescribe
regulations specifying the types of other entities
that may offer voluntary paternity establish-
ment services, and governing the provision of
such services, which shall include a requirement
that such an entity must use the same notice
provisions used by, the same materials used by,
provide the personnel providing such services
with the same training provided by, and evalu-
ate the provision of such services in the same
manner as, voluntary paternity establishment
programs of hospitals and birth record agen-
cies.
‘‘(v) Such procedures must require the
State and those required to establish paternity
to use only the affidavit developed under section
452(a)(7) for the voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity, and to give full faith and credit to
such an affidavit signed in any other State.
‘‘(D) STATUS OF SIGNED PATERNITY AC-
KNOWLEDGMENT.—(i) Procedures under which
a signed acknowledgment of paternity is consid-
ered a legal finding of paternity, subject to the
right of any signatory to rescind the acknowl-
edgment within 60 days.
‘‘(ii)(I) Procedures under which, after the
60-day period referred to in clause (i), a signed
acknowledgment of paternity may be challenged
in court only on the basis of fraud, duress, or
material mistake of fact, with the burden of
proof upon the challenger, and under which the
legal responsibilities (including child support
obligations) of any signatory arising from the
acknowledgment may not be suspended during
the challenge, except for good cause shown.
‘‘(II) Procedures under which, after the
60-day period referred to in clause (i), a minor
who signs an acknowledgment of paternity
other than in the presence of a parent or court-
appointed guardian ad litem may rescind the
acknowledgment in a judicial or administrative
proceeding, until the earlier of—
‘‘(aa) attaining the age of majority; or
‘‘(bb) the date of the first judicial or
administrative proceeding brought (after
the signing) to establish a child support
obligation, visitation rights, or custody