section shall not be required to be made before the
first plan year beginning on or after January 1,
1996, if—
(A) during the period after the date before
the date of the enactment of this Act and be-
fore such first plan year, the plan is operated
in accordance with the requirements of the
amendments made by this section, and
(B) such plan amendment applies retro-
actively to the period after the date before the
date of the enactment of this Act and before
such first plan year.
A plan shall not be treated as failing to be operated
in accordance with the provisions of the plan merely
because it operates in accordance with this para-
graph.
SEC. 14. INCLUSION IN CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS OF IN-
FORMATION ON OVERDUE CHILD SUPPORT
OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONSUMER.
(a) CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES REQUIRED TO
INCLUDE IN CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS INFORMATION
ON OVERDUE CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS
OF
THE
CONSUMER.—Section 604 of the Consumer Credit Protec-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b) is amended—
(1) in the caption for such section, by adding
at the end the following: ‘‘; reporting of over-
due child support obligations’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘A consumer’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) A consumer reporting agency shall include in
any consumer report information (if any) provided by a
State child support agency or verified by another govern-
ment entity on the failure of the consumer to pay overdue
support (as defined in section 466(e) of the Social Security
Act).’’.
(b) PROVISION TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES
OF INFORMATION ON OVERDUE CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGA-
TIONS OF ABSENT PARENTS.—Section 466(a)(7) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘will’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘upon the request of such agen-
cy’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘, and (C)’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘State’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st cal-
endar quarter that begins on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
SEC. 15. HOLD ON OCCUPATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND
BUSINESS LICENSES.
(a) STATE HOLD BASED ON WARRANT OR SUPPORT
DELINQUENCY.—Section 466(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by sections 2(b), 8,
9, 10, and 12 of this Act, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (16) the following:
‘‘(17) Procedures under which the State occu-
pational licensing and regulating departments and
agencies may not issue or renew any occupational,
professional, or business license of—
‘‘(A) a noncustodial parent who is the sub-
ject of an outstanding failure to appear war-
rant, capias, or bench warrant related to a child
support proceeding that appears on the State’s
crime information system, until removed from
the system; and
‘‘(B) an individual who is delinquent in the
payment of child support, until the obligee or a
State prosecutor responsible for child support
enforcement consents to, or a court that is re-
sponsible for the order’s enforcement orders,
the release of the hold on the license, or an ex-
pedited inquiry and review is completed while
the individual is granted a 60-day temporary li-
cense.’’.
(b) FEDERAL HOLD BASED ON SUPPORT DELIN-
QUENCY.—A Federal agency may not issue or renew any
occupational, professional, or business license of an indi-
vidual who is delinquent in the payment of child support,
until the obligee, the obligee’s attorney or a State prosecu-
tor responsible for child support enforcement consents to,
or a court that is responsible for the order’s enforcement
orders, the release of the hold on the license, or an expe-
dited inquiry and review is completed while the individual
is granted a 60-day temporary license.
SEC. 16. DRIVER’S LICENSES AND VEHICLE REGISTRA-
TIONS DENIED TO PERSONS DELINQUENT IN
CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS OR FAILING TO
APPEAR IN CHILD SUPPORT CASES.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by sections 2(b), 8, 9, 10, 12, and
15 of this Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph
(17) the following:
‘‘(18) Procedures under which the State motor
vehicle department—
‘‘(A) may not issue or renew the driver’s li-
cense or any vehicle registration (other than
temporary) of any noncustodial parent who—
‘‘(i) owes a child support payment
that is overdue by at least 6 months; or
‘‘(ii) is the subject of an outstanding
failure to appear warrant, capias, or bench
warrant related to a child support proceed-
ing that appears on the State’s crime in-
formation system;
‘‘(B) upon receiving notice that an individ-
ual to whom a State driver’s license or vehicle
registration has been issued owes a child sup-
port payment that is overdue by at least 6
months, or is the subject of a warrant related
to a child support proceeding, shall issue a
show cause order to the individual requesting
the individual to demonstrate why the individ-
ual’s driver’s license or vehicle registration
should not be suspended until child support
payment is made or the warrant is removed by
the State responsible for issuing the warrant, as
the case may be; and
‘‘(C) in any case in which a show cause
order has been issued as described in subpara-
graph (B), may grant a temporary license or
vehicle registration to the individual pending
the show cause hearing, or the payment of the
child support or removal of the warrant, as the
case may be, whichever occurs first.’’.
SEC. 17. SIMPLIFIED PROCESS FOR REVIEW AND ADJUST-
MENT OF CERTAIN CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 466(a)(10) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(10)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(D)(i) Procedures under which—
‘‘(I) every 3 years, at the request of either
parent subject to a child support order, the
State shall review and, as appropriate, adjust
the order in accordance with the guidelines es-
tablished under section 467(a) if the amount of
the child support award under the order differs
from the amount that would be awarded in ac-
cordance with such guidelines by more than the
total of the adjustments required to be made in
the amount of the award pursuant to section
467A during the 3 year period ending on the
date of the request; and
‘‘(II) upon request of either parent subject
to a child support order, the State shall review
and, as appropriate, adjust the order in accord-
ance with the guidelines established under sec-
tion 467(a) based on a significant change in the
circumstances of either such parent.
‘‘(ii) Such procedures shall require both parents
subject to a child support order to be notified of
their rights provided for under clause (i) at the time
the order is issued and in the annual information ex-
change form provided under subparagraph (E).
‘‘(E) Procedures under which each child sup-
port order issued or modified in the State after the
effective date of this subparagraph shall require the
parents subject to the order to provide each other
with a complete statement of their respective finan-
cial condition annually on a form which shall be es-
tablished by the Secretary and provided by the
State.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 466(a) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (10).
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