quirements of this section with respect to a
newly hired employee’’; and
(2) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘ex-
tracts’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Labor’’ and in-
serting ‘‘information’’.
SEC. 304. FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 453 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘to obtain’’ and all that
follows through the period and inserting ‘‘for
the purposes specified in paragraphs (2) and
(3).
‘‘(2) For the purpose of establishing parentage, es-
tablishing, setting the amount of, modifying, or enforcing
child support obligations, the Federal Parent Locator
Service shall obtain and transmit to any authorized person
specified in subsection (c)—
‘‘(A) information on, or facilitating the discov-
ery of, the location of any individual—
‘‘(i) who is under an obligation to pay child
support;
‘‘(ii) against whom such an obligation is
sought; or
‘‘(iii) to whom such an obligation is owed,
including the individual’s social security number (or
numbers), most recent address, and the name, ad-
dress, and employer identification number of the in-
dividual’s employer;
‘‘(B) information on the individual’s wages (or
other income) from, and benefits of, employment (in-
cluding rights to or enrollment in group health care
coverage); and
‘‘(C) information on the type, status, location,
and amount of any assets of, or debts owed by or
to, any such individual.
‘‘(3) For the purpose of enforcing any Federal or
State law with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint
of a child, or making or enforcing a child custody or visita-
tion determination, as defined in section 463(d)(1), the
Federal Parent Locator Service shall be used to obtain
and transmit the information specified in section 463(c)
to the authorized persons specified in section 463(d)(2).’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b)(1) Upon request, filed in accordance with sub-
section (d), of any authorized person, as defined in sub-
section (c) for the information described in subsection
(a)(2), or of any authorized person, as defined in section
463(d)(2) for the information described in section 463(c),
the Secretary shall, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, provide through the Federal Parent Locator Serv-
ice such information to such person, if such information—
‘‘(A) is contained in any files or records main-
tained by the Secretary or by the Department of
Health and Human Services; or
‘‘(B) is not contained in such files or records,
but can be obtained by the Secretary, under the au-
thority conferred by subsection (e), from any other
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States or of any State,
and is not prohibited from disclosure under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) No information shall be disclosed to any person
if the disclosure of such information would contravene the
national policy or security interests of the United States
or the confidentiality of census data. The Secretary shall
give priority to requests made by any authorized person
described in subsection (c)(1). No information shall be dis-
closed to any person if the State has notified the Secretary
that the State has reasonable evidence of domestic violence
or child abuse and the disclosure of such information could
be harmful to the custodial parent or the child of such
parent, provided that—
‘‘(A) in response to a request from an author-
ized person (as defined in subsection (c) and section
463(d)(2)), the Secretary shall advise the authorized
person that the Secretary has been notified that
there is reasonable evidence of domestic violence or
child abuse and that information can only be dis-
closed to a court or an agent of a court pursuant to
subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(B) information may be disclosed to a court or
an agent of a court described in subsection (c)(2) or
section 463(d)(2)(B), if—
‘‘(i) upon receipt of information from the
Secretary, the court determines whether disclo-
sure to any other person of that information
could be harmful to the parent or the child; and
‘‘(ii) if the court determines that disclosure
of such information to any other person could
be harmful, the court and its agents shall not
make any such disclosure.
‘‘(3) Information received or transmitted pursuant to
this section shall be subject to the safeguard provisions
contained in section 454(26).’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or to
seek to enforce orders providing child custody
or visitation rights’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or to serve as the ini-
tiating court in an action to seek an order’’
after ‘‘issue an order’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘or to issue an order
against a resident parent for child custody
or visitation rights’’.
(b) USE OF THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERV-
ICE.—Section 463 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
663) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘any State which is
able and willing to do so,’’ and inserting
‘‘every State’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘such State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each State’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or visi-
tation’’ after ‘‘custody’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘or visita-
tion’’ after ‘‘custody’’;