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Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 1382 note; 108 Stat. 1516) is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 14609. STRIKING OF RESTRICTIONS REGARDING DE-
TERMINATION OF INELIGIBILITY.
Section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382c(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
SEC. 14610. NARROWING OF SSI ELIGIBILITY ON BASIS OF
MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1614(a)(3)(A)(i) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)), as designated
by section 14602(a)(1)(A) of this Act, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following sentence: ‘‘In making deter-
minations under this clause regarding the severity of men-
tal impairments, the Secretary shall revise the regulations
under subpart P of part 404 of title 20, Code of Federal
Regulations, to accomplish the result that (relative to such
regulations as in effect prior to the date on which this
sentence takes effect) less weight is given to criteria re-
garding concentration, persistence (and pace), and ability
to tolerate increased mental demand associated with com-
petitive work, and that, accordingly, the eligibility criteria
regarding mental impairments are narrowed.’’.
(b) FINAL REGULATIONS.—The final rule for the
regulations required in subsection (a) shall be issued be-
fore the expiration of the 9-month period beginning on the
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date of the enactment of this Act,and shall take effect
upon the expiration of such period.
Subtitle G—Child Support
SEC. 14700. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, wherever in
this subtitle an amendment is expressed in terms of an
amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to that sec-
tion or other provision of the Social Security Act.
CHAPTER 1—ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES;
DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS
SEC. 14701. STATE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(4) provide that the State will—
‘‘(A) provide services relating to the estab-
lishment of paternity or the establishment,
modification, or enforcement of child support
obligations, as appropriate, under the plan with
respect to—
‘‘(i) each child for whom cash assist-
ance is provided under the State program
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funded under part A of this title, benefits
or services are provided under the State
program funded under part B of this title,
or medical assistance is provided under the
State plan approved under title XIX, un-
less the State agency administering the
plan determines (in accordance with para-
graph (28)) that it is against the best in-
terests of the child to do so; and
‘‘(ii) any other child, if an individual
applies for such services with respect to
the child; and
‘‘(B) enforce any support obligation estab-
lished with respect to—
‘‘(i) a child with respect to whom the
State provides services under the plan; or
‘‘(ii) the custodial parent of such a
child.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (6)—
(A) by striking ‘‘provide that’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘provide that—’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following:
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‘‘(A) services under the plan shall be made
available to nonresidents on the same terms as
to residents;’’;
(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘on
individuals not receiving assistance under any
State program funded under part A’’ after
‘‘such services shall be imposed’’;
(D) in each of subparagraphs (B), (C),
(D), and (E)—
(i) by indenting the subparagraph in
the same manner as, and aligning the left
margin of the subparagraph with the left
margin of, the matter inserted by subpara-
graph (B) of this paragraph; and
(ii) by striking the final comma and
inserting a semicolon; and
(E) in subparagraph (E), by indenting
each of clauses (i) and (ii) 2 additional ems.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 452(b) (42 U.S.C. 652(b)) is
amended by 
striking 
‘‘454(6)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘454(4)’’.
(2) 
Section 
452(g)(2)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C.
652(g)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘454(6)’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘454(4)(A)(ii)’’.
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(3) 
Section 
466(a)(3)(B) 
(42 
U.S.C.
666(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the case of
overdue support which a State has agreed to collect
under section 454(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘in any other
case’’.
(4) Section 466(e) (42 U.S.C. 666(e)) is
amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (4) or (6) of sec-
tion 454’’ and inserting ‘‘section 454(4)’’.
SEC. 14702. DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLEC-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 457 (42 U.S.C. 657) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 457. DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTED SUPPORT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An amount collected on behalf
of a family as support by a State pursuant to a plan ap-
proved under this part shall be distributed as follows:
‘‘(1) FAMILIES RECEIVING CASH ASSISTANCE.—
In the case of a family receiving cash assistance
from the State, the State shall—
‘‘(A) retain, or distribute to the family, the
State share of the amount so collected; and
‘‘(B) pay to the Federal Government the
Federal share of the amount so collected.
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‘‘(2) FAMILIES
THAT
FORMERLY
RECEIVED
CASH ASSISTANCE.—In the case of a family that for-
merly received cash assistance from the State:
‘‘(A) CURRENT SUPPORT PAYMENTS.—To
the extent that the amount so collected does not
exceed the amount required to be paid to the
family for the month in which collected, the
State shall distribute the amount so collected to
the family.
‘‘(B) PAYMENTS OF ARREARAGES.—To the
extent that the amount so collected exceeds the
amount required to be paid to the family for
the month in which collected, the State shall
distribute the amount so collected as follows:
‘‘(i) DISTRIBUTION
TO
THE
FAMILY
TO SATISFY ARREARAGES THAT ACCRUED
BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAMILY RECEIVED
CASH
ASSISTANCE.—The State shall dis-
tribute the amount so collected to the fam-
ily to the extent necessary to satisfy any
support arrears with respect to the family
that accrued before or after the family re-
ceived cash assistance from the State.
‘‘(ii) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
GOVERN-
MENTS
FOR
ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED
TO
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THE FAMILY.—To the extent that clause
(i) does not apply to the amount, the State
shall retain the State share of the amount
so collected, and pay to the Federal Gov-
ernment the Federal share of the amount
so collected, to the extent necessary to re-
imburse amounts paid to the family as
cash assistance from the State.
‘‘(iii) DISTRIBUTION OF THE REMAIN-
DER TO THE FAMILY.—To the extent that
neither clause (i) nor clause (ii) applies to
the amount so collected, the State shall
distribute the amount to the family.
‘‘(3) FAMILIES THAT NEVER RECEIVED CASH
ASSISTANCE.—In the case of any other family, the
State shall distribute the amount so collected to the
family.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in subsection (a):
‘‘(1) CASH ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘cash as-
sistance from the State’ means—
‘‘(A) cash assistance under the State pro-
gram funded under part A or under the State
plan approved under part A of this title (as in
effect before October 1, 1995); or
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‘‘(B) cash benefits under the State pro-
gram funded under part B or under the State
plan approved under part B or E of this title
(as in effect before October 1, 1995).
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
SHARE.—The term ‘Federal
share’ means, with respect to an amount collected by
the State to satisfy a support obligation owed to a
family for a time period—
‘‘(A) the greatest Federal medical assist-
ance percentage in effect for the State for fiscal
year 1995 or any succeeding fiscal year; or
‘‘(B) if support is not owed to the family
for any month for which the family received aid
to families with dependent children under the
State plan approved under part A of this title
(as in effect before October 1, 1995), the Fed-
eral reimbursement percentage for the fiscal
year in which the time period occurs.
‘‘(3) FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENT-
AGE.—The term ‘Federal medical assistance per-
centage’ means—
‘‘(A) the Federal medical assistance per-
centage (as defined in section 1118), in the case
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and
American Samoa; or
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‘‘(B) the Federal medical assistance per-
centage (as defined in section 1905(b)) in the
case of any other State.
‘‘(4) FEDERAL
REIMBURSEMENT
PERCENT-
AGE.—The term ‘Federal reimbursement percentage’
means, with respect to a fiscal year—
‘‘(A) the total amount paid to the State
under section 403 for the fiscal year; divided by
‘‘(B) the total amount expended by the
State to carry out the State program under
part A during the fiscal year.
‘‘(5) STATE
SHARE.—The term ‘State share’
means 100 percent minus the Federal share.
‘‘(c) CONTINUATION
OF SERVICES
FOR FAMILIES
CEASING TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE STATE
PROGRAM FUNDED UNDER PART A.—When a family with
respect to which services are provided under a State plan
approved under this part ceases to receive assistance
under the State program funded under part A, the State
shall provide appropriate notice to the family and continue
to provide such services, subject to the same conditions
and on the same basis as in the case of individuals to
whom services are furnished under section 454, except
that an application or other request to continue services
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shall not be required of such a family and section
454(6)(B) shall not apply to the family.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) GENERAL
RULE.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection
(a) shall become effective on October 1, 1999.
(2) EARLIER EFFECTIVE DATE FOR RULES RE-
LATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT COLLECTED
FOR FAMILIES RECEIVING CASH ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 457(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, as added
by the amendment made by subsection (a), shall be-
come effective on October 1, 1995.
SEC. 14703. PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(23);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (24) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (24) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(25) will have in effect safeguards, applicable
to all confidential information handled by the State
agency, that are designed to protect the privacy
rights of the parties, including—
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‘‘(A) safeguards against unauthorized use
or disclosure of information relating to proceed-
ings or actions to establish paternity, or to es-
tablish or enforce support;
‘‘(B) prohibitions against the release of in-
formation on the whereabouts of one party to
another party against whom a protective order
with respect to the former party has been en-
tered; and
‘‘(C) prohibitions against the release of in-
formation on the whereabouts of one party to
another party if the State has reason to believe
that the release of the information may result
in physical or emotional harm to the former
party.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall become effective on October 1, 1997.
CHAPTER 2—LOCATE AND CASE
TRACKING
SEC. 14711. STATE CASE REGISTRY.
Section 454A, as added by section 14745(a)(2) of
this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) STATE CASE REGISTRY.—
‘‘(1) CONTENTS.—The automated system re-
quired by this section shall include a registry (which
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shall be known as the ‘State case registry’) that con-
tains records with respect to—
‘‘(A) each case in which services are being
provided by the State agency under the State
plan approved under this part; and
‘‘(B) each support order established or
modified in the State on or after October 1,
1998.
‘‘(2) LINKING
OF
LOCAL
REGISTRIES.—The
State case registry may be established by linking
local case registries of support orders through an
automated information network, subject to this sec-
tion.
‘‘(3) USE
OF
STANDARDIZED
DATA
ELE-
MENTS.—Such records shall use standardized data
elements for both parents (such as names, social se-
curity numbers and other uniform identification
numbers, dates of birth, and case identification
numbers), and contain such other information (such
as on case status) as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(4) PAYMENT RECORDS.—Each case record in
the State case registry with respect to which services
are being provided under the State plan approved
under this part and with respect to which a support
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order has been established shall include a record
of—
‘‘(A) the amount of monthly (or other peri-
odic) support owed under the order, and other
amounts (including arrears, interest or late
payment penalties, and fees) due or overdue
under the order;
‘‘(B) any amount described in subpara-
graph (A) that has been collected;
‘‘(C) the distribution of such collected
amounts;
‘‘(D) the birth date of any child for whom
the order requires the provision of support; and
‘‘(E) the amount of any lien imposed with
respect to the order pursuant to section
466(a)(4).
‘‘(5) UPDATING AND MONITORING.—The State
agency operating the automated system required by
this section shall promptly establish and maintain,
and regularly monitor, case records in the State case
registry with respect to which services are being pro-
vided under the State plan approved under this part,
on the basis of—
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‘‘(A) information on administrative actions
and administrative and judicial proceedings and
orders relating to paternity and support;
‘‘(B) information obtained from compari-
son with Federal, State, or local sources of in-
formation;
‘‘(C) information on support collections
and distributions; and
‘‘(D) any other relevant information.
‘‘(f) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND OTHER DIS-
CLOSURES OF INFORMATION.—The State shall use the
automated system required by this section to extract infor-
mation from (at such times, and in such standardized for-
mat or formats, as may be required by the Secretary), to
share and compare information with, and to receive infor-
mation from, other data bases and information compari-
son services, in order to obtain (or provide) information
necessary to enable the State agency (or the Secretary or
other State or Federal agencies) to carry out this part,
subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986. Such information comparison activities shall include
the following:
‘‘(1) FEDERAL CASE REGISTRY OF CHILD SUP-
PORT
ORDERS.—Furnishing to the Federal Case
Registry of Child Support Orders established under
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section 453(h) (and update as necessary, with infor-
mation including notice of expiration of orders) the
minimum amount of information on child support
cases recorded in the State case registry that is nec-
essary to operate the registry (as specified by the
Secretary in regulations).
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
PARENT
LOCATOR
SERVICE.—
Exchanging information with the Federal Parent
Locator Service for the purposes specified in section
453.
‘‘(3) TEMPORARY
FAMILY
ASSISTANCE
AND
MEDICAID AGENCIES.—Exchanging information with
State agencies (of the State and of other States) ad-
ministering programs funded under part A, pro-
grams operated under State plans under title XIX,
and other programs designated by the Secretary, as
necessary to perform State agency responsibilities
under this part and under such programs.
‘‘(4) INTRA- AND
INTERSTATE
INFORMATION
COMPARISONS.—Exchanging information with other
agencies of the State, agencies of other States, and
interstate information networks, as necessary and
appropriate to carry out (or assist other States to
carry out) the purposes of this part.’’.
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SEC. 14712. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF SUPPORT
PAYMENTS.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by section 14703(a) of this Act,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(24);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (25) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (25) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(26) provide that, on and after October 1,
1998, the State agency will—
‘‘(A) operate a State disbursement unit in
accordance with section 454B; and
‘‘(B) have sufficient State staff (consisting
of State employees) and (at State option) con-
tractors reporting directly to the State agency
to—
‘‘(i) monitor and enforce support col-
lections through the unit (including carry-
ing out the automated data processing re-
sponsibilities described in section 454A(g));
and
‘‘(ii) take the actions described in sec-
tion 466(c)(1) in appropriate cases.’’.
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‘‘(3) 
LINKING
OF
LOCAL
DISBURSEMENT
UNITS.—The State disbursement unit may be estab-
lished by linking local disbursement units through
an automated information network, subject to this
section. The Secretary must agree that the system
will not cost more nor take more time to establish
than a centralized system. In addition, employers
shall be given 1 location to which income withhold-
ing is sent.
‘‘(b) REQUIRED PROCEDURES.—The State disburse-
ment unit shall use automated procedures, electronic proc-
esses, and computer-driven technology to the maximum
extent feasible, efficient, and economical, for the collection
and disbursement of support payments, including proce-
dures—
‘‘(1) for receipt of payments from parents, em-
ployers, and other States, and for disbursements to
custodial parents and other obligees, the State agen-
cy, and the agencies of other States;
‘‘(2) for accurate identification of payments;
‘‘(3) to ensure prompt disbursement of the cus-
todial parent’s share of any payment; and
‘‘(4) to furnish to any parent, upon request,
timely information on the current status of support
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payments under an order requiring payments to be
made by or to the parent.
‘‘(c) TIMING OF DISBURSEMENTS.—The State dis-
bursement unit shall distribute all amounts payable under
section 457(a) within 2 business days after receipt from
the employer or other source of periodic income, if suffi-
cient information identifying the payee is provided.
‘‘(d) BUSINESS DAY DEFINED.—As used in this sec-
tion, the term ‘business day’ means a day on which State
offices are open for regular business.’’.
(c) USE OF AUTOMATED SYSTEM.—Section 454A, as
added by section 14745(a)(2) of this Act and as amended
by section 14711 of this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(g) COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT
PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The State shall use the
automated system required by this section, to the
maximum extent feasible, to assist and facilitate the
collection and disbursement of support payments
through the State disbursement unit operated under
section 454B, through the performance of functions,
including, at a minimum—
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‘‘(A) transmission of orders and notices to
employers (and other debtors) for the withhold-
ing of wages (and other income)—
‘‘(i) within 2 business days after re-
ceipt (from a court, another State, an em-
ployer, the Federal Parent Locator Service,
or another source recognized by the State)
of notice of, and the income source subject
to, such withholding; and
‘‘(ii) using uniform formats prescribed
by the Secretary;
‘‘(B) ongoing monitoring to promptly iden-
tify failures to make timely payment of support;
and
‘‘(C) automatic use of enforcement proce-
dures (including procedures authorized pursu-
ant to section 466(c)) where payments are not
timely made.
‘‘(2) BUSINESS
DAY
DEFINED.—As used in
paragraph (1), the term ‘business day’ means a day
on which State offices are open for regular busi-
ness.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall become effective on October 1, 1998.
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SEC. 14713. STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 14703(a) and
14712(a) of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(25);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (26) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (26) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(27) provide that, on and after October 1,
1997, the State will operate a State Directory of
New Hires in accordance with section 453A.’’.
(b) STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.—Part D of
title IV (42 U.S.C. 651–669) is amended by inserting
after section 453 the following:
‘‘SEC. 453A. STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1,
1997, each State shall establish an automated direc-
tory (to be known as the ‘State Directory of New
Hires’) which shall contain information supplied in
accordance with subsection (b) by employers and
labor organizations on each newly hired employee.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(A) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’—
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‘‘(i) means an individual who is an
employee within the meaning of chapter 24
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
‘‘(ii) does not include an employee of
a Federal or State agency performing in-
telligence or counterintelligence functions,
if the head of such agency has determined
that reporting pursuant to paragraph (1)
with respect to the employee could endan-
ger the safety of the employee or com-
promise an ongoing investigation or intel-
ligence mission.
‘‘(B) GOVERNMENTAL
EMPLOYERS.—The
term ‘employer’ includes any governmental en-
tity.
‘‘(C) LABOR
ORGANIZATION.—The term
‘labor organization’ shall have the meaning
given such term in section 2(5) of the National
Labor Relations Act, and includes any entity
(also known as a ‘hiring hall’) which is used by
the organization and an employer to carry out
requirements described in section 8(f)(3) of
such Act of an agreement between the organiza-
tion and the employer.
‘‘(b) EMPLOYER INFORMATION.—
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‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), each employer shall furnish
to the Directory of New Hires of the State in
which a newly hired employee works a report
that contains the name, address, and social se-
curity number of the employee, and the name
of, and identifying number assigned under sec-
tion 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to, the employer.
‘‘(B) MULTISTATE EMPLOYERS.—An em-
ployer who has employees who are employed in
2 or more States may comply with subpara-
graph (A) by transmitting the report described
in subparagraph (A) magnetically or electroni-
cally to the State in which the greatest number
of employees of the employer are employed.
‘‘(2) TIMING OF REPORT.—The report required
by paragraph (1) with respect to an employee shall
be made not later than the later of—
‘‘(A) 15 days after the date the employer
hires the employee; or
‘‘(B) the date the employee first receives
wages or other compensation from the em-
ployer.
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‘‘(c) REPORTING FORMAT AND METHOD.—Each re-
port required by subsection (b) shall be made on a W–
4 form or the equivalent, and may be transmitted by first
class mail, magnetically, or electronically.
‘‘(d) CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES ON NONCOMPLYING
EMPLOYERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An employer that fails to
comply with subsection (b) with respect to an em-
ployee shall be subject to a civil money penalty of—
‘‘(A) $25; or
‘‘(B) $500 if, under State law, the failure
is the result of a conspiracy between the em-
ployer and the employee to not supply the re-
quired report or to supply a false or incomplete
report.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 1128.—Section
1128 (other than subsections (a) and (b) of such
section) shall apply to a civil money penalty under
paragraph (1) of this subsection in the same manner
as such section applies to a civil money penalty or
proceeding under section 1128A(a).
‘‘(e) INFORMATION COMPARISONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1,
1997, an agency designated by the State shall, di-
rectly or by contract, conduct automated compari-
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sons of the social security numbers reported by em-
ployers pursuant to subsection (b) and the social se-
curity numbers appearing in the records of the State
case registry for cases being enforced under the
State plan.
‘‘(2) NOTICE OF MATCH.—When an information
comparison conducted under paragraph (1) reveals a
match with respect to the social security number of
an individual required to provide support under a
support order, the State Directory of New Hires
shall provide the agency administering the State
plan approved under this part of the appropriate
State with the name, address, and social security
number of the employee to whom the social security
number is assigned, and the name of, and identify-
ing number assigned under section 6109 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to, the employer.
‘‘(f) TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) TRANSMISSION
OF
WAGE
WITHHOLDING
NOTICES TO EMPLOYERS.—Within 2 business days
after the date information regarding a newly hired
employee is entered into the State Directory of New
Hires, the State agency enforcing the employee’s
child support obligation shall transmit a notice to
the employer of the employee directing the employer
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to withhold from the wages of the employee an
amount equal to the monthly (or other periodic)
child support obligation of the employee, unless the
employee’s wages are not subject to withholding pur-
suant to section 466(b)(3).
‘‘(2) TRANSMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL DIREC-
TORY OF NEW HIRES.—
‘‘(A) NEW HIRE INFORMATION.—Within 4
business days after the State Directory of New
Hires receives information from employers pur-
suant to this section, the State Directory of
New Hires shall furnish the information to the
National Directory of New Hires.
‘‘(B) WAGE
AND
UNEMPLOYMENT
COM-
PENSATION
INFORMATION.—The State Direc-
tory of New Hires shall, on a quarterly basis,
furnish to the National Directory of New Hires
extracts of the reports required under section
303(a)(6) to be made to the Secretary of Labor
concerning the wages and unemployment com-
pensation paid to individuals, by such dates, in
such format, and containing such information
as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall specify in regulations.
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‘‘(3) BUSINESS DAY DEFINED.—As used in this
subsection, the term ‘business day’ means a day on
which State offices are open for regular business.
‘‘(g) OTHER USES OF NEW HIRE INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) LOCATION
OF
CHILD
SUPPORT
OBLI-
GORS.—The agency administering the State plan ap-
proved under this part shall use information received
pursuant to subsection (e)(2) to locate individuals
for purposes of establishing paternity and establish-
ing, modifying, and enforcing child support obliga-
tions.
‘‘(2) VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CER-
TAIN
PROGRAMS.—A State agency responsible for
administering a program specified in section 1137(b)
shall have access to information reported by employ-
ers pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for
purposes of verifying eligibility for the program.
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION OF EMPLOYMENT SECU-
RITY AND WORKERS COMPENSATION.—State agen-
cies operating employment security and workers’
compensation programs shall have access to informa-
tion reported by employers pursuant to subsection
(b) for the purposes of administering such pro-
grams.’’.
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SEC. 14714. AMENDMENTS CONCERNING INCOME WITH-
HOLDING.
(a) MANDATORY INCOME WITHHOLDING.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
466(a)(1) 
(42
U.S.C. 666(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) INCOME WITHHOLDING.—
‘‘(A) UNDER ORDERS ENFORCED UNDER
THE
STATE
PLAN.—Procedures described in
subsection (b) for the withholding from income
of amounts payable as support in cases subject
to enforcement under the State plan.
‘‘(B) UNDER CERTAIN ORDERS PREDATING
CHANGE IN REQUIREMENT.—Procedures under
which the wages of a person with a support ob-
ligation imposed by a support order issued (or
modified) in the State before October 1, 1996,
if not otherwise subject to withholding under
subsection (b), shall become subject to with-
holding as provided in subsection (b) if arrear-
ages occur, without the need for a judicial or
administrative hearing.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 466(a)(8)(B)(iii) (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(8)(B)(iii)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘(5),’’; and
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and, at the option
of the State, the requirements of sub-
section (b)(5)’’ before the period.
(B) Section 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is
amended in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’.
(C) 
Section 
466(b)(5) 
(42 
U.S.C.
666(b)(5)) is amended by striking all that fol-
lows ‘‘administered by’’ and inserting ‘‘the
State through the State disbursement unit es-
tablished pursuant to section 454B, in accord-
ance with the requirements of section 454B.’’.
(D) Section 466(b)(6)(A) (42 U.S.C.
666(b)(6)(A)) is amended—
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘to the
appropriate agency’’ and all that follows
and inserting ‘‘to the State disbursement
unit within 2 business days after the date
the amount would (but for this subsection)
have been paid or credited to the employee,
for distribution in accordance with this
part.’’;
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(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘be in
a standard format prescribed by the Sec-
retary, and’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(iii) As used in this subparagraph, the term
‘business day’ means a day on which State offices
are open for regular business.’’.
(E) Section 466(b)(6)(D) (42 U.S.C.
666(b)(6)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘any em-
ployer’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following:
‘‘any employer who—
‘‘(i) discharges from employment, refuses
to employ, or takes disciplinary action against
any absent parent subject to wage withholding
required by this subsection because of the exist-
ence of such withholding and the obligations or
additional obligations which is imposes upon the
employer; or
‘‘(ii) fails to withhold support from wages,
or to pay such amounts to the State disburse-
ment unit in accordance with this subsection.’’.
(F) Section 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(11) Procedures under which the agency ad-
ministering the State plan approved under this part
may execute a withholding order through electronic
means and without advance notice to the obligor.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 466(c) (42
U.S.C. 666(c)) is repealed.
SEC. 14715. LOCATOR INFORMATION FROM INTERSTATE
NETWORKS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) LOCATOR
INFORMATION
FROM
INTER-
STATE NETWORKS.—Procedures to ensure that all
Federal and State agencies conducting activities
under this part have access to any system used by
the State to locate an individual for purposes relat-
ing to motor vehicles or law enforcement.’’.
SEC. 14716. EXPANSION OF THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCA-
TOR SERVICE.
(a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO LOCATE INDIVID-
UALS
AND ASSETS.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking all that follows
‘‘subsection (c))’’ and inserting ‘‘, for the purpose of
establishing parentage, establishing, setting the
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amount of, modifying, or enforcing child support ob-
ligations—
‘‘(1) information on, or facilitating the discov-
ery of, the location of any individual—
‘‘(A) who is under an obligation to pay
child support;
‘‘(B) against whom such an obligation is
sought; or
‘‘(C) 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; and
‘‘(2) 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
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘social security’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘absent parent’’ and inserting
‘‘information described in subsection (a)’’.
(b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR INFORMATION FROM FED-
ERAL
AGENCIES.—Section 
453(e)(2) 
(42 
U.S.C.
653(e)(2)) is amended in the 4th sentence by inserting
‘‘in an amount which the Secretary determines to be rea-
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sonable payment for the information exchange (which
amount shall not include payment for the costs of obtain-
ing, compiling, or maintaining the information)’’ before
the period.
(c) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
REPORTS
BY
STATE
AGENCIES.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) The Secretary may reimburse Federal and State
agencies for the costs incurred by such entities in furnish-
ing information requested by the Secretary under this sec-
tion in an amount which the Secretary determines to be
reasonable payment for the information exchange (which
amount shall not include payment for the costs of obtain-
ing, compiling, or maintaining the information).’’.
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Sections 452(a)(9), 453(a), 453(b), 463(a),
463(e), and 463(f) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(9), 653(a),
653(b), 663(a), 663(e), and 663(f)) are each amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before ‘‘Parent’’ each
place such term appears.
(2) Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended in
the heading by adding ‘‘FEDERAL’’ before ‘‘PAR-
ENT’’.
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(e) NEW COMPONENTS.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C.
653), as amended by subsection (c) of this section, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) FEDERAL CASE REGISTRY OF CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1,
1998, in order to assist States in administering pro-
grams under State plans approved under this part
and programs funded under part A, and for the
other purposes specified in this section, the Sec-
retary shall establish and maintain in the Federal
Parent Locator Service an automated registry
(which shall be known as the ‘Federal Case Registry
of Child Support Orders’), which shall contain ab-
stracts of support orders and other information de-
scribed in paragraph (2) with respect to each case
in each State case registry maintained pursuant to
section 454A(e), as furnished (and regularly up-
dated), pursuant to section 454A(f), by State agen-
cies administering programs under this part.
‘‘(2) CASE INFORMATION.—The information re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) with respect to a case
shall be such information as the Secretary may
specify in regulations (including the names, social
security numbers or other uniform identification
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numbers, and State case identification numbers) to
identify the individuals who owe or are owed support
(or with respect to or on behalf of whom support ob-
ligations are sought to be established), and the State
or States which have the case.
‘‘(i) NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to assist States in
administering programs under State plans approved
under this part and programs funded under part A,
and for the other purposes specified in this section,
the Secretary shall, not later than October 1, 1996,
establish and maintain in the Federal Parent Loca-
tor Service an automated directory to be known as
the National Directory of New Hires, which shall
contain the information supplied pursuant to section
453A(f)(2).
‘‘(2) 
ADMINISTRATION
OF
FEDERAL
TAX
LAWS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall have
access to the information in the Federal Directory of
New Hires for purposes of administering section 32
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the ad-
vance payment of the earned income tax credit
under section 3507 of such Code, and verifying a
claim with respect to employment in a tax return.
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‘‘(j) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND OTHER DIS-
CLOSURES.—
‘‘(1) VERIFICATION BY SOCIAL SECURITY AD-
MINISTRATION.—
‘‘(A) The Secretary shall transmit informa-
tion on individuals and employers maintained
under this section to the Social Security Admin-
istration to the extent necessary for verification
in accordance with subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) The Social Security Administration
shall verify the accuracy of, correct, or supply
to the extent possible, and report to the Sec-
retary, the following information supplied by
the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A):
‘‘(i) The name, social security num-
ber, and birth date of each such individual.
‘‘(ii) The employer identification num-
ber of each such employer.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
COMPARISONS.—For the
purpose of locating individuals in a paternity estab-
lishment case or a case involving the establishment,
modification, or enforcement of a support order, the
Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) compare information in the National
Directory of New Hires against information in
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the support order abstracts in the Federal Case
Registry of Child Support Orders not less often
than every 2 business days; and
‘‘(B) within 2 such days after such a com-
parison reveals a match with respect to an indi-
vidual, report the information to the State
agency responsible for the case.
‘‘(3) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DISCLO-
SURES OF INFORMATION IN ALL REGISTRIES FOR
TITLE IV PROGRAM PURPOSES.—To the extent and
with the frequency that the Secretary determines to
be effective in assisting States to carry out their re-
sponsibilities under programs operated under this
part and programs funded under part A, the Sec-
retary shall—
‘‘(A) compare the information in each com-
ponent of the Federal Parent Locator Service
maintained under this section against the infor-
mation in each other such component (other
than the comparison required by paragraph
(2)), and report instances in which such a com-
parison reveals a match with respect to an indi-
vidual to State agencies operating such pro-
grams; and
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‘‘(B) disclose information in such registries
to such State agencies.
‘‘(4) PROVISION OF NEW HIRE INFORMATION
TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.—The
National Directory of New Hires shall provide the
Commissioner of Social Security with all information
in the National Directory, which shall be used to de-
termine the accuracy of payments under the supple-
mental security income program under title XVI and
in connection with benefits under title II.
‘‘(5) RESEARCH.—The Secretary may provide
access to information reported by employers pursu-
ant to section 453A(b) for research purposes found
by the Secretary to be likely to contribute to achiev-
ing the purposes of part A or this part, but without
personal identifiers.
‘‘(k) FEES.—
‘‘(1) FOR SSA VERIFICATION.—The Secretary
shall reimburse the Commissioner of Social Security,
at a rate negotiated between the Secretary and the
Commissioner, for the costs incurred by the Com-
missioner in performing the verification services de-
scribed in subsection (j).
‘‘(2) FOR INFORMATION FROM STATE DIREC-
TORIES OF NEW HIRES.—The Secretary shall reim-
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burse costs incurred by State directories of new
hires in furnishing information as required by sub-
section (j)(3), at rates which the Secretary deter-
mines to be reasonable (which rates shall not include
payment for the costs of obtaining, compiling, or
maintaining such information).
‘‘(3) FOR INFORMATION FURNISHED TO STATE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.—A State or Federal agen-
cy that receives information from the Secretary pur-
suant to this section shall reimburse the Secretary
for costs incurred by the Secretary in furnishing the
information, at rates which the Secretary determines
to be reasonable (which rates shall include payment
for the costs of obtaining, verifying, maintaining,
and comparing the information).
‘‘(l) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE AND USE.—In-
formation in the Federal Parent Locator Service, and in-
formation resulting from comparisons using such informa-
tion, shall not be used or disclosed except as expressly pro-
vided in this section, subject to section 6103 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986.
‘‘(m) INFORMATION INTEGRITY
AND SECURITY.—
The Secretary shall establish and implement safeguards
with respect to the entities established under this section
designed to—
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‘‘(1) ensure the accuracy and completeness of
information in the Federal Parent Locator Service;
and
‘‘(2) restrict access to confidential information
in the Federal Parent Locator Service to authorized
persons, and restrict use of such information to au-
thorized purposes.’’.
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) TO PART D OF TITLE IV OF THE SOCIAL SE-
CURITY
ACT.—Section 
454(8)(B) 
(42 
U.S.C.
654(8)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) the Federal Parent Locator Service
established under section 453;’’.
(2) TO FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT.—
Section 3304(a)(16) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Health and
Human Services’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘such information’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘information furnished under subpara-
graph (A) or (B) is used only for the purposes
authorized under such subparagraph;’’;
1041
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A);
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (C); and
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) wage and unemployment compensa-
tion information contained in the records of
such agency shall be furnished to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (in accordance
with regulations promulgated by such Sec-
retary) as necessary for the purposes of the Na-
tional Directory of New Hires established under
section 453(i) of the Social Security Act, and’’.
(3) TO STATE GRANT PROGRAM UNDER TITLE
III OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 303(a)
(42 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (8);
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (9);
(C) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding after paragraph (10) the
following:
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‘‘(11) The making of quarterly electronic re-
ports, at such dates, in such format, and containing
such information, as required by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services under section 453(i)(3),
and compliance with such provisions as such Sec-
retary may find necessary to ensure the correctness
and verification of such reports.’’.
SEC. 14717. COLLECTION AND USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS FOR USE IN CHILD SUPPORT EN-
FORCEMENT.
(a) STATE LAW REQUIREMENT.—Section 466(a) (42
U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by section 14715 of this Act,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(13) RECORDING OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUM-
BERS
IN
CERTAIN
FAMILY
MATTERS.—Procedures
requiring that the social security number of—
‘‘(A) any applicant for a professional li-
cense, commercial driver’s license, occupational
license, or marriage license be recorded on the
application;
‘‘(B) any individual who is subject to a di-
vorce decree, support order, or paternity deter-
mination or acknowledgment be placed in the
records relating to the matter; and
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‘‘(C) any individual who has died be placed
in the records relating to the death and be re-
corded on the death certificate.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
205(c)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)), as amended by
section 321(a)(9) of the Social Security Independence and
Program Improvements Act of 1994, is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘may require’’ and
inserting ‘‘shall require’’;
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting after the 1st sen-
tence the following: ‘‘In the administration of any
law involving the issuance of a marriage certificate
or license, each State shall require each party named
in the certificate or license to furnish to the State
(or political subdivision thereof) or any State agency
having administrative responsibility for the law in-
volved, the social security number of the party.’’;
(3) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(x) An agency of a State (or a politi-
cal subdivision thereof) charged with the
administration of any law concerning the
issuance or renewal of a license, certificate,
permit, or other authorization to engage in
1044
a profession, an occupation, or a commer-
cial activity shall require all applicants for
issuance or renewal of the license, certifi-
cate, permit, or other authorization to pro-
vide the applicant’s social security number
to the agency for the purpose of admin-
istering such laws, and for the purpose of
responding to requests for information
from an agency operating pursuant to part
D of title IV.
‘‘(xi) All divorce decrees, support or-
ders, and paternity determinations issued,
and all paternity acknowledgments made,
in each State shall include the social secu-
rity number of each party to the decree,
order, determination, or acknowledgment
in the records relating to the matter.’’.
CHAPTER 3—STREAMLINING AND
UNIFORMITY OF PROCEDURES
SEC. 14721. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
Section 466 (42 U.S.C. 666) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(f) UNIFORM
INTERSTATE
FAMILY
SUPPORT
ACT.—
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‘‘(1) ENACTMENT AND USE.—In order to sat-
isfy section 454(20)(A) on or after January 1, 1997,
each State must have in effect the Uniform Inter-
state Family Support Act, as approved by the Na-
tional Conference of Commissioners on Uniform
State Laws in August 1992 (with the modifications
and additions specified in this subsection), and the
procedures required to implement such Act.
‘‘(2) EXPANDED APPLICATION.—The State law
enacted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be applied
to any case involving an order which is established
or modified in a State and which is sought to be
modified or enforced in another State.
‘‘(3) JURISDICTION TO MODIFY ORDERS.—The
State law enacted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall contain the following provision in
lieu of section 611(a)(1) of the Uniform Interstate
Family Support Act:
‘‘ ‘(1) the following requirements are met:
‘‘ ‘(i) the child, the individual obligee, and
the obligor—
‘‘ ‘(I) do not reside in the issuing
State; and
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‘‘ ‘(II) either reside in this State or
are subject to the jurisdiction of this State
pursuant to section 201; and
‘‘ ‘(ii) (in any case where another State is
exercising or seeks to exercise jurisdiction to
modify the order) the conditions of section 204
are met to the same extent as required for pro-
ceedings to establish orders; or’.
‘‘(4) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—The State law en-
acted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide that,
in any proceeding subject to the law, process may be
served (and proved) upon persons in the State by
any means acceptable in any State which is the initi-
ating or responding State in the proceeding.’’.
SEC. 14722. 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
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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
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(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
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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
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(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. 14723. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT IN INTER-
STATE CASES.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
sections 14715 and 14717(a) of this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT
IN
INTERSTATE CASES.—Procedures under which—
‘‘(A)(i) the State shall respond within 5
business days to a request made by another
State to enforce a support order; and
‘‘(ii) the term ‘business day’ means a day
on which State offices are open for regular
business;
‘‘(B) the State may, by electronic or other
means, transmit to another State a request for
assistance in a case involving the enforcement
of a support order, which request—
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‘‘(i) shall include such information as
will enable the State to which the request
is transmitted to compare the information
about the case to the information in the
data bases of the State; and
‘‘(ii) shall constitute a certification by
the requesting State—
‘‘(I) of the amount of support
under the order the payment of which
is in arrears; and
‘‘(II) that the requesting State
has complied with all procedural due
process requirements applicable to the
case;
‘‘(C) if the State provides assistance to an-
other State pursuant to this paragraph with re-
spect to a case, neither State shall consider the
case to be transferred to the caseload of such
other State; and
‘‘(D) the State shall maintain records of—
‘‘(i) the number of such requests for
assistance received by the State;
‘‘(ii) the number of cases for which
the State collected support in response to
such a request; and
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‘‘(iii) the amount of such collected
support.’’.
SEC. 14724. USE OF FORMS IN INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT.
(a) PROMULGATION.—Section 452(a) (42 U.S.C.
652(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of parargraph
(9);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) not later than June 30, 1996, promulgate
forms to be used by States in interstate cases for—
‘‘(A) collection of child support through in-
come withholding;
‘‘(B) imposition of liens; and
‘‘(C) administrative subpoenas.’’.
(b) USE BY STATES.—Section 454(9) (42 U.S.C.
654(9)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C);
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) no later than October 1, 1996, in
using the forms promulgated pursuant to sec-
1053
tion 452(a)(11) for income withholding, imposi-
tion of liens, and issuance of administrative
subpoenas in interstate child support cases;’’.
SEC. 14725. STATE LAWS PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCE-
DURES.
(a) STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.—Section 466 (42
U.S.C. 666), as amended by section 14714 of this Act,
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by strking the 1st sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘Expedited admin-
istrative and judicial procedures (including the pro-
cedures specified in subsection (c)) for establishing
paternity and for establishing, modifying, and en-
forcing support obligations.’’; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(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 to take the following actions relating to es-
tablishment or enforcement of support orders, with-
out the necessity of obtaining an order from any
other judicial or administrative tribunal (but subject
to due process safeguards, including (as appropriate)
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requirements for notice, opportunity to contest the
action, and opportunity for an appeal on the record
to an independent administrative or judicial tribu-
nal), and to recognize and enforce the authority of
State agencies of other States) to take the following
actions:
‘‘(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 a putative father who refuses to submit
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 a support order, and to
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impose penalties for failure to respond to such
a subpoena.
‘‘(D) ACCESS TO PERSONAL AND FINAN-
CIAL INFORMATION.—To obtain access, subject
to safeguards on privacy and information secu-
rity, to the records of all other State and local
government agencies (including law enforcement
and corrections records), including automated
access to records maintained in automated data
bases.
‘‘(E) CHANGE IN PAYEE.—In cases where
support is subject to an assignment in order to
comply with a requirement imposed pursuant to
part A or section 1912, or to a requirement to
pay through the State disbursement unit estab-
lished pursuant to 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.
‘‘(F) INCOME
WITHHOLDING.—To order
income withholding in accordance with sub-
sections (a)(1) and (b) of section 466.
‘‘(G) SECURING
ASSETS.—In cases in
which there is a support arrearage, to secure
assets to satisfy the arrearage by—
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‘‘(i) intercepting or seizing periodic or
lump sum payments from—
‘‘(I) a State or local agency (in-
cluding unemployment compensation,
workers’ compensation, and other ben-
efits); and
‘‘(II) judgments, settlements, and
lotteries;
‘‘(ii) attaching and seizing assets of
the obligor held in financial institutions;
and
‘‘(iii) attaching public and private re-
tirement funds.
‘‘(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 limitations as the
State may provide).
‘‘(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:
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‘‘(A) LOCATOR
INFORMATION; PRESUMP-
TIONS
CONCERNING
NOTICE.—Procedures
under which—
‘‘(i) each party to any paternity or
child support proceeding is required (sub-
ject to privacy safeguards) to file with the
tribunal and the State case registry upon
entry of an order, and to update as appro-
priate, information on location and identity
of the party (including social security num-
ber, residential and mailing addresses, tele-
phone number, driver’s license number,
and name, address, and name and tele-
phone number of employer); and
‘‘(ii) in any subsequent child support
enforcement action between the parties,
upon sufficient showing that diligent effort
has been made to ascertain the location of
such a party, the tribunal may deem State
due process requirements for notice and
service of process to be met with respect to
the party, upon delivery of written notice
to the most recent residential or employer
address filed with the tribunal pursuant to
clause (i).
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‘‘(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
‘‘(ii) in a State in which orders are is-
sued by courts or administrative tribunals,
a case may be transferred between admin-
istrative areas in the State without need
for any additional filing by the petitioner,
or service of process upon the respondent,
to retain jurisdiction over the parties.’’.
(b) AUTOMATION OF STATE AGENCY FUNCTIONS.—
Section 454A, as added by section 745(a)(2) of this Act
and as amended by sections 14711 and 14712(c) of this
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) EXPEDITED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.—
The automated system required by this section shall be
used, to the maximum extent feasible, to implement the
expedited administrative procedures required by section
466(c).’’.
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CHAPTER 4—PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT
SEC. 14731. STATE LAWS CONCERNING PATERNITY ESTAB-
LISHMENT.
(a) STATE LAWS REQUIRED.—Section 466(a)(5) (42
U.S.C. 666(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) PROCEDURES CONCERNING PATERNITY ES-
TABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
PROCESS
AVAIL-
ABLE FROM BIRTH UNTIL AGE 18.—
‘‘(i) Procedures which permit the es-
tablishment of the paternity of a child at
any time before the child attains 18 years
of age.
‘‘(ii) As of August 16, 1984, clause (i)
shall also apply to a child for whom pater-
nity has not been established or for whom
a paternity action was brought but dis-
missed because a statute of limitations of
less than 18 years was then in effect in the
State.
‘‘(B) PROCEDURES CONCERNING GENETIC
TESTING.—
‘‘(i) GENETIC TESTING REQUIRED IN
CERTAIN CONTESTED CASES.—Procedures
under which the State is required, in a
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contested paternity case, to require the
child and all other parties (other than indi-
viduals found under section 454(28) to
have good cause for refusing to cooperate)
to submit to genetic tests upon the request
of any such party if the request is sup-
ported by a sworn statement by the
party—
‘‘(I) alleging paternity, and set-
ting forth facts establishing a reason-
able possibility of the requisite sexual
contact between the parties; or
‘‘(II) denying paternity, and set-
ting forth facts establishing a reason-
able possibility of the nonexistence of
sexual contact between the parties.
‘‘(ii) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Proce-
dures which require the State agency, in
any case in which the agency orders ge-
netic testing—
‘‘(I) to pay costs of such tests,
subject to recoupment (where the
State so elects) from the alleged fa-
ther if paternity is established; and
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‘‘(II) to obtain additional testing
in any case where an original test re-
sult is contested, upon request and
advance payment by the contestant.
‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY
PATERNITY
ACKNOWL-
EDGMENT.—
‘‘(i) SIMPLE CIVIL PROCESS.—Proce-
dures 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 mother
and the putative father must be given no-
tice, orally, in writing, and in a language
that each can understand, of the alter-
natives to, the legal consequences of, and
the rights (including, if 1 parent is a
minor, any rights afforded due to minority
status) and responsibilities that arise from,
signing the acknowledgment.
‘‘(ii) HOSPITAL-BASED
PROGRAM.—
Such procedures must include a hospital-
based program for the voluntary acknowl-
edgment of paternity focusing on the pe-
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riod immediately before or after the birth
of a child.
‘‘(iii) 
PATERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT
SERVICES.—
‘‘(I) 
STATE-OFFERED
SERV-
ICES.—Such procedures must require
the State agency responsible for main-
taining birth records to offer vol-
untary paternity establishment serv-
ices.
‘‘(II) REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(aa) SERVICES
OFFERED
BY
HOSPITALS
AND
BIRTH
RECORD
AGENCIES.—The Sec-
retary shall prescribe regulations
governing voluntary paternity es-
tablishment services offered by
hospitals and birth record agen-
cies.
‘‘(bb) SERVICES
OFFERED
BY OTHER ENTITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall prescribe regulations
specifying the types of other enti-
ties that may offer voluntary pa-
ternity 
establishment 
services,
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and governing the provision of
such services, which shall include
a requirement that such an entity
must use the same notice provi-
sions used by, use the same ma-
terials used by, provide the per-
sonnel providing such services
with the same training provided
by, and evaluate the provision of
such services in the same manner
as the provision of such services
is evaluated by, voluntary pater-
nity establishment programs of
hospitals and birth record agen-
cies.
‘‘(iv) USE
OF
FEDERAL
PATERNITY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AFFIDAVIT.—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 acknowledg-
ment of paternity, and to give full faith
and credit to such an affidavit signed in
any other State.
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‘‘(D) STATUS OF SIGNED PATERNITY AC-
KNOWLEDGMENT.—
‘‘(i) LEGAL
FINDING
OF
PATER-
NITY.—Procedures under which a signed
acknowledgment of paternity is considered
a legal finding of paternity, subject to the
right of any signatory to rescind the ac-
knowledgment within 60 days.
‘‘(ii) 
CONTEST.—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 sup-
port obligations) of any signatory arising
from the acknowledgment may not be sus-
pended during the challenge, except for
good cause shown.
‘‘(iii) RESCISSION.—Procedures under
which, after the 60-day period referred to
in clause (i), a minor who has signed an
acknowledgment of paternity other than in
the presence of a parent or court-appointed
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guardian ad litem may rescind the ac-
knowledgment in a judicial or administra-
tive proceeding, until the earlier of—
‘‘(I) attaining the age of major-
ity; or
‘‘(II) the date of the first judicial
or administrative proceeding brought
(after the signing) to establish a child
support obligation, visitation rights, or
custody rights with respect to the
child whose paternity is the subject of
the acknowledgment, and at which the
minor is represented by a parent or
guardian ad litem, or an attorney.
‘‘(E) BAR ON ACKNOWLEDGMENT RATIFI-
CATION
PROCEEDINGS.—Procedures 
under
which judicial or administrative proceedings are
not required or permitted to ratify an unchal-
lenged acknowledgment of paternity.
‘‘(F) ADMISSIBILITY OF GENETIC TESTING
RESULTS.—Procedures—
‘‘(i) requiring the admission into evi-
dence, for purposes of establishing pater-
nity, of the results of any genetic test that
is—
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‘‘(I) of a type generally acknowl-
edged as reliable by accreditation bod-
ies designated by the Secretary; and
‘‘(II) performed by a laboratory
approved by such an accreditation
body;
‘‘(ii) requiring an objection to genetic
testing results to be made in writing not
later than a specified number of days be-
fore any hearing at which the results may
be introduced into evidence (or, at State
option, not later than a specified number
of days after receipt of the results); and
‘‘(iii) making the test results admissi-
ble as evidence of paternity without the
need for foundation testimony or other
proof of authenticity or accuracy, unless
objection is made.
‘‘(G) PRESUMPTION
OF
PATERNITY
IN
CERTAIN CASES.—Procedures which create a re-
buttable or, at the option of the State, conclu-
sive presumption of paternity upon genetic test-
ing results indicating a threshold probability
that the alleged father is the father of the child.
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‘‘(H) DEFAULT ORDERS.—Procedures re-
quiring a default order to be entered in a pater-
nity case upon a showing of service of process
on the defendant and any additional showing
required by State law.
‘‘(I) NO RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.—Proce-
dures providing that the parties to an action to
establish paternity are not entitled to a trial by
jury.
‘‘(J) TEMPORARY SUPPORT ORDER BASED
ON
PROBABLE
PATERNITY
IN
CONTESTED
CASES.—Procedures which require that a tem-
porary order be issued, upon motion by a party,
requiring the provision of child support pending
an administrative or judicial determination of
parentage, where there is clear and convincing
evidence of paternity (on the basis of genetic
tests or other evidence).
‘‘(K) PROOF OF CERTAIN SUPPORT AND
PATERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT
COSTS.—Proce-
dures under which bills for pregnancy, child-
birth, and genetic testing are admissible as evi-
dence without requiring third-party foundation
testimony, and shall constitute prima facie evi-
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dence of amounts incurred for such services or
for testing on behalf of the child.
‘‘(L) STANDING OF PUTATIVE FATHERS.—
Procedures ensuring that the putative father
has a reasonable opportunity to initiate a pater-
nity action.
‘‘(M) FILING OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND
ADJUDICATIONS IN STATE REGISTRY OF BIRTH
RECORDS.—Procedures under which voluntary
acknowledgments and adjudications of paternity
by judicial or administrative processes are filed
with the State registry of birth records for com-
parison with information in the State case reg-
istry.’’.
(b) NATIONAL PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT AFFI-
DAVIT.—Section 452(a)(7) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘, and develop an affidavit to be
used for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity which
shall include the social security number of each parent’’
before the semicolon.
(c) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 468 (42
U.S.C. 668) is amended by striking ‘‘a simple civil process
for voluntarily acknowledging paternity and’’.
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SEC. 14732. OUTREACH FOR VOLUNTARY PATERNITY ES-
TABLISHMENT.
Section 454(23) (42 U.S.C. 654(23)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘and will publicize the availability and encourage
the use of procedures for voluntary establishment of pater-
nity and child support by means the State deems appro-
priate’’ before the semicolon.
SEC. 14733. COOPERATION BY APPLICANTS FOR AND RE-
CIPIENTS OF TEMPORARY FAMILY ASSIST-
ANCE.
Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections
14703(a), 14712(a), and 14713(a) of this Act, is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(26);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (27) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (27) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(28) provide that the State agency responsible
for administering the State plan—
‘‘(A) shall require each individual who has
applied for or is receiving assistance under the
State program funded under part A to cooper-
ate with the State in establishing the paternity
of, and in establishing, modifying, or enforcing
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a support order for, any child of the individual
by providing the State agency with the name of,
and such other information as the State agency
may require with respect to, the father of the
child, subject to such good cause and other ex-
ceptions as the State may establish; and
‘‘(B) may require the individual and the
child to submit to genetic tests.’’.
CHAPTER 5—PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
AND FUNDING
SEC. 14741. FEDERAL MATCHING PAYMENTS.
(a) INCREASED BASE MATCHING RATE.—Section
455(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(2)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(2) The percent specified in this paragraph for any
quarter is 66 percent.’’.
(b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Section 455 (42
U.S.C. 655) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter preced-
ing subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘From’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to subsection (c), from’’; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the total expenditures under the State plan
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approved under this part for fiscal year 1997 and each
succeeding fiscal year, reduced by the percentage specified
in paragraph (2) for the fiscal year shall not be less than
such total expenditures for fiscal year 1996, reduced by
66 percent.’’.
SEC. 14742. PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVES AND PEN-
ALTIES.
(a) INCENTIVE ADJUSTMENTS TO FEDERAL MATCH-
ING RATE.—Section 458 (42 U.S.C. 658) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 458. INCENTIVE ADJUSTMENTS TO MATCHING RATE.
‘‘(a) INCENTIVE ADJUSTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
1999, the Secretary shall increase the percent speci-
fied in section 455(a)(2) that applies to payments to
a State under section 455(a)(1)(A) for each quarter
in a fiscal year by a factor reflecting the sum of the
applicable incentive adjustments (if any) determined
in accordance with regulations under this section
with respect to the paternity establishment percent-
age of the State for the immediately preceding fiscal
year and with respect to overall performance of the
State in child support enforcement during such pre-
ceding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) STANDARDS.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
specify in regulations—
‘‘(i) the levels of accomplishment, and
rates of improvement as alternatives to
such levels, which a State must attain to
qualify for an incentive adjustment under
this section; and
‘‘(ii) the amounts of incentive adjust-
ment that shall be awarded to a State that
achieves specified accomplishment or im-
provement levels, which amounts shall be
graduated, ranging up to—
‘‘(I) 12 percentage points, in con-
nection with paternity establishment;
and
‘‘(II) 12 percentage points, in
connection with overall performance in
child support enforcement.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In setting performance
standards pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) and
adjustment amounts pursuant to subparagraph
(A)(ii), the Secretary shall ensure that the ag-
gregate number of percentage point increases as
incentive adjustments to all States do not ex-
ceed such aggregate increases as assumed by
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the Secretary in estimates of the cost of this
section as of June 1994, unless the aggregate
performance of all States exceeds the projected
aggregate performance of all States in such cost
estimates.
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF INCENTIVE ADJUST-
MENT.—The Secretary shall determine the amount
(if any) of the incentive adjustment due each State
on the basis of the data submitted by the State pur-
suant to section 454(15)(B) concerning the levels of
accomplishment (and rates of improvement) with re-
spect to performance indicators specified by the Sec-
retary pursuant to this section.
‘‘(4) 
RECYCLING
OF
INCENTIVE
ADJUST-
MENT.—A State to which funds are paid by the
Federal Government as a result of an incentive ad-
justment under this section shall expend the funds
in the State program under this part within 2 years
after the date of the payment.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) PATERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT
PERCENT-
AGE.—The term ‘paternity establishment percent-
age’ means, with respect to a State and a fiscal
year—
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‘‘(A) the total number of children in the
State who were born out of wedlock, who have
not attained 1 year of age and for whom pater-
nity is established or acknowledged during the
fiscal year; divided by
‘‘(B) the total number of children born out
of wedlock in the State during the fiscal year.
‘‘(2) OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT.—The term ‘overall perform-
ance in child support enforcement’ means a measure
or measures of the effectiveness of the State agency
in a fiscal year which takes into account factors in-
cluding—
‘‘(A) the percentage of cases requiring a
support order in which such an order was es-
tablished;
‘‘(B) the percentage of cases in which child
support is being paid;
‘‘(C) the ratio of child support collected to
child support due; and
‘‘(D) the cost-effectiveness of the State
program, as determined in accordance with
standards established by the Secretary in regu-
lations (after consultation with the States).’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 454(22)
(42 U.S.C. 654(22)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘incentive payments’’ the 1st
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘incentive ad-
justments’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘any such incentive payments
made to the State for such period’’ and inserting
‘‘any increases in Federal payments to the State re-
sulting from such incentive adjustments’’.
(c) CALCULATION OF IV–D PATERNITY ESTABLISH-
MENT PERCENTAGE.—
(1) Section 452(g)(1) (42 U.S.C. 652(g)(1)) is
amended—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) by inserting ‘‘its overall performance in
child support enforcement is satisfactory (as de-
fined in section 458(b) and regulations of the
Secretary), and’’ after ‘‘1994,’’; and
(B) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B),
by striking ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’.
(2) 
Section 
452(g)(2)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C.
652(g)(2)(A)) is amended in the matter preceding
clause (i)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘paternity establishment
percentage’’ and inserting ‘‘IV–D paternity es-
tablishment percentage’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘(or all States, as the case
may be)’’.
(3) Section 452(g)(3) (42 U.S.C. 652(g)(3)) is
amended—
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re-
designating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘the percentage of children
born out-of-wedlock in a State’’ and inserting
‘‘the percentage of children in a State who are
born out of wedlock or for whom support has
not been established’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘and overall perform-
ance in child support enforcement’’ after
‘‘paternity establishment percentages’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and securing sup-
port’’ before the period.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
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(1) 
INCENTIVE
ADJUSTMENTS.—(A) 
The
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall
become effective on October 1, 1997, except to the
extent provided in subparagraph (B).
(B) Section 458 of the Social Security Act, as
in effect prior to the enactment of this section, shall
be effective for purposes of incentive payments to
States for fiscal years before fiscal year 1999.
(2) PENALTY REDUCTIONS.—The amendments
made by subsection (c) shall become effective with
respect to calendar quarters beginning on and after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 14743. FEDERAL AND STATE REVIEWS AND AUDITS.
(a) STATE AGENCY ACTIVITIES.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘(14)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(14)(A)’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (15) as sub-
paragraph (B) of paragraph (14); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(15) provide for—
‘‘(A) a process for annual reviews of and
reports to the Secretary on the State program
operated under the State plan approved under
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this part, which shall include such information
as may be necessary to measure State compli-
ance with Federal requirements for expedited
procedures and timely case processing, using
such standards and procedures as are required
by the Secretary, under which the State agency
will determine the extent to which the program
is operated in compliance with this part; and
‘‘(B) a process of extracting from the auto-
mated data processing system required by para-
graph (16) and transmitting to the Secretary
data and calculations concerning the levels of
accomplishment (and rates of improvement)
with respect to applicable performance indica-
tors (including IV–D paternity establishment
percentages and overall performance in child
support enforcement) to the extent necessary
for purposes of sections 452(g) and 458.’’.
(b) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 452(a)(4) (42
U.S.C. 652(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4)(A) review data and calculations transmit-
ted 
by 
State 
agencies 
pursuant 
to 
section
454(15)(B) on State program accomplishments with
respect to performance indicators for purposes of
subsection (g) of this section and section 458;
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‘‘(B) review annual reports submitted pursuant
to section 454(15)(A) and, as appropriate, provide
to the State comments, recommendations for addi-
tional or alternative corrective actions, and technical
assistance; and
‘‘(C) conduct audits, in accordance with the
government auditing standards of the Comptroller
General of the United States—
‘‘(i) at least once every 3 years (or more
frequently, in the case of a State which fails to
meet the requirements of this part, concerning
performance standards and reliability of pro-
gram data) to assess the completeness, reliabil-
ity, and security of the data, and the accuracy
of the reporting systems, used in calculating
performance indicators under subsection (g) of
this section and section 458;
‘‘(ii) of the adequacy of financial manage-
ment of the State program operated under the
State plan approved under this part, including
assessments of—
‘‘(I) whether Federal and other funds
made available to carry out the State pro-
gram are being appropriately expended,
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and are properly and fully accounted for;
and
‘‘(II) whether collections and disburse-
ments of support payments are carried out
correctly and are fully accounted for; and
‘‘(iii) for such other purposes as the Sec-
retary may find necessary;’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall be effective with respect to calendar
quarters beginning 12 months or more after the date of
the enactment of this section.
SEC. 14744. REQUIRED REPORTING PROCEDURES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 452(a)(5) (42 U.S.C.
652(a)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and establish proce-
dures to be followed by States for collecting and reporting
information required to be provided under this part, and
establish uniform definitions (including those necessary to
enable the measurement of State compliance with the re-
quirements of this part relating to expedited processes and
timely case processing) to be applied in following such pro-
cedures’’ before the semicolon.
(b) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 14703(a), 14712(a),
14713(a), and 14733 of this Act, is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(27);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (28) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (28) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(29) provide that the State shall use the defi-
nitions established under section 452(a)(5) in col-
lecting and reporting information as required under
this part.’’.
SEC. 14745. AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING REQUIRE-
MENTS.
(a) REVISED REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) Section 454(16) (42 U.S.C. 654(16)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘, at the option of the
State,’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘and operation by the
State agency’’ after ‘‘for the establishment’’;
(C) by inserting ‘‘meeting the requirements
of section 454A’’ after ‘‘information retrieval
system’’;
(D) by striking ‘‘in the State and localities
thereof, so as (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘so as’’;
(E) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and
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(F) by striking ‘‘(including’’ and all that
follows and inserting a semicolon.
(2) Part D of title IV (42 U.S.C. 651–669) is
amended by inserting after section 454 the follow-
ing:
‘‘SEC. 454A. AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to meet the
requirements of this section, the State agency administer-
ing the State program under this part shall have in oper-
ation a single statewide automated data processing and
information retrieval system which has the capability to
perform the tasks specified in this section with the fre-
quency and in the manner required by or under this part.
‘‘(b) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The automated sys-
tem required by this section shall perform such functions
as the Secretary may specify relating to management of
the State program under this part, including—
‘‘(1) controlling and accounting for use of Fed-
eral, State, and local funds in carrying out the pro-
gram; and
‘‘(2) maintaining the data necessary to meet
Federal reporting requirements under this part on a
timely basis.
‘‘(c) CALCULATION
OF
PERFORMANCE
INDICA-
TORS.—In order to enable the Secretary to determine the
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incentive and penalty adjustments required by sections
452(g) and 458, the State agency shall—
‘‘(1) use the automated system—
‘‘(A) to maintain the requisite data on
State performance with respect to paternity es-
tablishment and child support enforcement in
the State; and
‘‘(B) to calculate the IV–D paternity es-
tablishment percentage and overall performance
in child support enforcement for the State for
each fiscal year; and
‘‘(2) have in place systems controls to ensure
the completeness, and reliability of, and ready access
to, the data described in paragraph (1)(A), and the
accuracy of the calculations described in paragraph
(1)(B).
‘‘(d) INFORMATION INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.—The
State agency shall have in effect safeguards on the integ-
rity, accuracy, and completeness of, access to, and use of
data in the automated system required by this section,
which shall include the following (in addition to such other
safeguards as the Secretary may specify in regulations):
‘‘(1) POLICIES RESTRICTING ACCESS.—Written
policies concerning access to data by State agency
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personnel, and sharing of data with other persons,
which—
‘‘(A) permit access to and use of data only
to the extent necessary to carry out the State
program under this part; and
‘‘(B) specify the data which may be used
for particular program purposes, and the per-
sonnel permitted access to such data.
‘‘(2) SYSTEMS
CONTROLS.—Systems controls
(such as passwords or blocking of fields) to ensure
strict adherence to the policies described in para-
graph (1).
‘‘(3) MONITORING OF ACCESS.—Routine mon-
itoring of access to and use of the automated sys-
tem, through methods such as audit trails and feed-
back mechanisms, to guard against and promptly
identify unauthorized access or use.
‘‘(4) TRAINING
AND
INFORMATION.—Proce-
dures to ensure that all personnel (including State
and local agency staff and contractors) who may
have access to or be required to use confidential pro-
gram data are informed of applicable requirements
and penalties (including those in section 6103 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986), and are adequately
trained in security procedures.
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‘‘(5) PENALTIES.—Administrative penalties (up
to and including dismissal from employment) for un-
authorized access to, or disclosure or use of, con-
fidential data.’’.
(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall prescribe final regulations
for implementation of section 454A of the Social Se-
curity Act not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(4) 
IMPLEMENTATION
TIMETABLE.—Section
454(24) (42 U.S.C. 654(24)), as amended by sec-
tions 14703(a)(2) and 14712(a)(1) of this Act, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(24) provide that the State will have in effect
an automated data processing and information re-
trieval system—
‘‘(A) by October 1, 1995, which meets all
requirements of this part which were enacted on
or before the date of enactment of the Family
Support Act of 1988; and
‘‘(B) by October 1, 1999, which meets all
requirements of this part enacted on or before
the date of the enactment of the Personal Re-
sponsibility Act of 1995, except that such dead-
line shall be extended by 1 day for each day (if
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any) by which the Secretary fails to meet the
deadline imposed by section 14745(a)(3) of the
Personal Responsibility Act of 1995.’’.
(b) SPECIAL FEDERAL MATCHING RATE FOR DE-
VELOPMENT COSTS OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(a) (42 U.S.C.
655(a)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘90 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the percent specified in paragraph
(3)’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘so much of’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘which the Secretary’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘, and’’;
and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall pay to each State, for
each quarter in fiscal year 1996, 90 percent of so much
of the State expenditures described in paragraph (1)(B)
as the Secretary finds are for a system meeting the re-
quirements specified in section 454(16).
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall pay to each State, for
each quarter in fiscal years 1997 through 2001, the per-
centage specified in clause (ii) of so much of the State
expenditures described in paragraph (1)(B) as the Sec-
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retary finds are for a system meeting the requirements
of sections 454(16) and 454A.
‘‘(ii) The percentage specified in this clause is the
greater of—
‘‘(I) 80 percent; or
‘‘(II) the percentage otherwise applicable to
Federal payments to the State under subparagraph
(A) (as adjusted pursuant to section 458).’’.
(2) TEMPORARY
LIMITATION
ON
PAYMENTS
UNDER SPECIAL FEDERAL MATCHING RATE.—
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
of
Health and Human Services may not pay more
than $260,000,000 in the aggregate under sec-
tion 455(a)(3) of the Social Security Act for fis-
cal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
(B) ALLOCATION OF LIMITATION AMONG
STATES.—The total amount payable to a State
under section 455(a)(3) of such Act for fiscal
years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 shall
not exceed the limitation determined for the
State by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services in regulations.
(C) ALLOCATION FORMULA.—The regula-
tions referred to in subparagraph (B) shall pre-
scribe a formula for allocating the amount spec-
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ified in subparagraph (A) among States with
plans approved under part D of title IV of the
Social Security Act, which shall take into ac-
count—
(i) the relative size of State caseloads
under such part; and
(ii) the level of automation needed to
meet the automated data processing re-
quirements of such part.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 123(c) of
the Family Support Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2352; Public
Law 100–485) is repealed.
SEC. 14746. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) FOR TRAINING OF FEDERAL AND STATE STAFF,
RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS, AND SPE-
CIAL PROJECTS OF REGIONAL OR NATIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE.—Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(j) Out of any money in the Treasury of the United
States not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appro-
priated to the Secretary for each fiscal year an amount
equal to 1 percent of the total amount paid to the Federal
Government pursuant to section 457(a) during the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year (as determined on the basis
of the most recent reliable data available to the Secretary
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as of the end of the 3rd calendar quarter following the
end of such preceding fiscal year), to cover costs incurred
by the Secretary for—
‘‘(1) information dissemination and technical
assistance to States, training of State and Federal
staff, staffing studies, and related activities needed
to improve programs under this part (including tech-
nical assistance concerning State automated systems
required by this part); and
‘‘(2) research, demonstration, and special
projects of regional or national significance relating
to the operation of State programs under this
part.’’.
(b) OPERATION
OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR
SERVICE.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653), as amended by
section 14716(e) of this Act, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(n) Out of any money in the Treasury of the United
States not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appro-
priated to the Secretary for each fiscal year an amount
equal to 2 percent of the total amount paid to the Federal
Government pursuant to section 457(a) during the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year (as determined on the basis
of the most recent reliable data available to the Secretary
as of the end of the 3rd calendar quarter following the
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end of such preceding fiscal year), to cover costs incurred
by the Secretary for operation of the Federal Parent Loca-
tor Service under this section, to the extent such costs are
not recovered through user fees.’’.
SEC. 14747. REPORTS AND DATA COLLECTION BY THE SEC-
RETARY.
(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
(1) 
Section 
452(a)(10)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C.
652(a)(10)(A)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘this part;’’ and inserting
‘‘this part, including—’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) the total amount of child support
payments collected as a result of services
furnished during the fiscal year to individ-
uals receiving services under this part;
‘‘(ii) the cost to the States and to the
Federal Government of so furnishing the
services; and
‘‘(iii) the number of cases involving
families—
‘‘(I) who became ineligible for as-
sistance under State programs funded
under part A during a month in the
fiscal year; and
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‘‘(II) with respect to whom a
child support payment was received in
the month;’’.
(2) 
Section 
452(a)(10)(C) 
(42 
U.S.C.
652(a)(10)(C)) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘with the data required
under each clause being separately stated
for cases’’ and inserting ‘‘separately stated
for (1) cases’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘cases where the child
was formerly receiving’’ and inserting ‘‘or
formerly received’’;
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or 1912’’ after
‘‘471(a)(17)’’; and
(iv) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘all
other’’;
(B) in each of clauses (i) and (ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘, and the total amount of such obliga-
tions’’;
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘described
in’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘in which
support was collected during the fiscal year;’’;
(D) by striking clause (iv);
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(E) by redesignating clause (v) as clause
(vii), and inserting after clause (iii) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(iv) the total amount of support col-
lected during such fiscal year and distrib-
uted as current support;
‘‘(v) the total amount of support col-
lected during such fiscal year and distrib-
uted as arrearages;
‘‘(vi) the total amount of support due
and unpaid for all fiscal years; and’’.
(3) 
Section 
452(a)(10)(G) 
(42 
U.S.C.
652(a)(10)(G)) is amended by striking ‘‘on the use
of Federal courts and’’.
(4) Section 452(a)(10) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10))
is amended by striking all that follows subparagraph
(I).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to fiscal year
1996 and succeeding fiscal years.
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CHAPTER 6—ESTABLISHMENT AND
MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDERS
SEC. 14751. SIMPLIFIED PROCESS FOR REVIEW AND AD-
JUSTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
Section 466(a)(10) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(10)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(10) REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT OF SUPPORT
ORDERS.—Procedures under which the State shall
review and adjust each support order being enforced
under this part. Such procedures shall provide the
following:
‘‘(A) The State shall review and, as appro-
priate, adjust the support order every 3 years,
taking into account the best interests of the
child involved.
‘‘(B)(i) The State may elect to review and,
if appropriate, adjust an order pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A) by—
‘‘(I) reviewing and, if appropriate, ad-
justing the order in accordance with the
guidelines established pursuant to section
467(a) if the amount of the child support
award under the order differs from the
amount that would be awarded in accord-
ance with the guidelines; or
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‘‘(II) applying a cost-of-living adjust-
ment to the order in accordance with a for-
mula developed by the State and permit ei-
ther party to contest the adjustment, with-
in 30 days after the date of the notice of
the adjustment, by making a request for
review and, if appropriate, adjustment of
the order in accordance with the child sup-
port guidelines established pursuant to sec-
tion 467(a).
‘‘(ii) Any adjustment under clause (i) shall
be made without a requirement for proof or
showing of a change in circumstances.
‘‘(C) The State may use automated meth-
ods (including automated comparisons with
wage or State income tax data) to identify or-
ders eligible for review, conduct the review,
identify orders eligible for adjustment, apply
the appropriate adjustment to the orders eligi-
ble for adjustment under the threshold estab-
lished by the State.
‘‘(D) The State shall, at the request of ei-
ther parent subject to such an order or of any
State child support enforcement agency, review
and, if appropriate, adjust the order in accord-
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ance with the guidelines established pursuant to
section 467(a) based upon a substantial change
in the circumstances of either parent.
‘‘(E) The State shall provide notice to the
parents subject to such an order informing
them of their right to request the State to re-
view and, if appropriate, adjust the order pur-
suant to subparagraph (D). The notice may be
included in the order.’’.
SEC. 14752. FURNISHING CONSUMER REPORTS FOR CER-
TAIN PURPOSES RELATING TO CHILD SUP-
PORT.
Section 604 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15
U.S.C. 1681b) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(4) In response to a request by the head of a
State or local child support enforcement agency (or
a State or local government official authorized by
the head of such an agency), if the person making
the request certifies to the consumer reporting agen-
cy that—
‘‘(A) the consumer report is needed for the
purpose of establishing an individual’s capacity
to make child support payments or determining
the appropriate level of such payments;
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‘‘(B) the person has provided at least 10
days prior notice to the consumer whose report
is requested, by certified or registered mail to
the last known address of the consumer, that
the report will be requested, and
‘‘(C) the consumer report will be kept con-
fidential, will be used solely for a purpose de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), and will not be
used in connection with any other civil, admin-
istrative, or criminal proceeding, or for any
other purpose.
‘‘(5) To an agency administering a State plan
under section 454 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 654) for use to set an initial or modified
child support award.’’.
CHAPTER 7—ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT
ORDERS
SEC. 14761. FEDERAL INCOME TAX REFUND OFFSET.
(a) CHANGED ORDER OF REFUND DISTRIBUTION
UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—
(1) Subsection (c) of section 6402 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
the third sentence and inserting the following new
sentences: ‘‘A reduction under this subsection shall
be after any other reduction allowed by subsection
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(d) with respect to the Department of Health and
Human Services and the Department of Education
with respect to a student loan and before any other
reduction allowed by law and before such overpay-
ment is credited to the future liability for tax of
such person pursuant to subsection (b). A reduction
under this subsection shall be assigned to the State
with respect to past-due support owed to individuals
for periods such individuals were receiving assistance
under part A or B of title IV of the Social Security
Act only after satisfying all other past-due sup-
port.’’.
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6402(d) of such
Code is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Any overpayment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except in the case of past-due legally
enforceable debts owed to the Department of
Health and Human Services or to the Depart-
ment of Education with respect to a student
loan, any overpayment’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘with respect to past-due
support collected pursuant to an assignment
under section 402(a)(26) of the Social Security
Act’’.
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(b) ELIMINATION OF DISPARITIES IN TREATMENT
OF ASSIGNED AND NON-ASSIGNED ARREARAGES.—
(1) Section 464(a) (42 U.S.C. 664(a)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)
OFFSET AUTHORIZED.—’’;
(B) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the 1st sentence, by striking
‘‘which has been assigned to such State
pursuant to section 402(a)(26) or section
471(a)(17)’’; and
(ii) in the 2nd sentence, by striking
‘‘in accordance with section 457(b)(4) or
(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided in para-
graph (2)’’;
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(2) The State agency shall distribute amounts paid
by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to paragraph
(1)—
‘‘(A) in accordance with section 457(a), in the
case of past-due support assigned to a State pursu-
ant to requirements imposed pursuant to section
405(a)(8); and
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‘‘(B) to or on behalf of the child to whom the
support was owed, in the case of past-due support
not so assigned.’’; and
(D) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or (2)’’ each place
such term appears; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘under paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘on
account of past-due support described in
paragraph (2)(B)’’.
(2) Section 464(b) (42 U.S.C. 664(b)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—’’; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2).
(3) Section 464(c) (42 U.S.C. 664(c)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided
in paragraph (2), as’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—As’’; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).
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SEC. 14762. AUTHORITY TO COLLECT SUPPORT FROM FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES.
(a) CONSOLIDATION
AND STREAMLINING
OF AU-
THORITIES.—Section 459 (42 U.S.C. 659) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 459. CONSENT BY THE UNITED STATES TO INCOME
WITHHOLDING, GARNISHMENT, AND SIMILAR
PROCEEDINGS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT AND ALIMONY OBLIGATIONS.
‘‘(a) CONSENT TO SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law (including section
207 of this Act and section 5301 of title 38, United States
Code), effective January 1, 1975, moneys (the entitlement
to which is based upon remuneration for employment) due
from, or payable by, the United States or the District of
Columbia (including any agency, subdivision, or instru-
mentality thereof) to any individual, including members
of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be subject,
in like manner and to the same extent as if the United
States or the District of Columbia were a private person,
to withholding in accordance with State law enacted pur-
suant to subsections (a)(1) and (b) of section 466 and reg-
ulations of the Secretary under such subsections, and to
any other legal process brought, by a State agency admin-
istering a program under a State plan approved under this
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part or by an individual obligee, to enforce the legal obliga-
tion of the individual to provide child support or alimony.
‘‘(b) CONSENT TO REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO
PRIVATE PERSON.—With respect to notice to withhold in-
come pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or (b) of section 466,
or any other order or process to enforce support obliga-
tions against an individual (if the order or process con-
tains or is accompanied by sufficient data to permit
prompt identification of the individual and the moneys in-
volved), each governmental entity specified in subsection
(a) shall be subject to the same requirements as would
apply if the entity were a private person, except as other-
wise provided in this section.
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF AGENT; RESPONSE TO NOTICE
OR PROCESS—
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION OF AGENT.—The head of
each agency subject to this section shall—
‘‘(A) designate an agent or agents to re-
ceive orders and accept service of process in
matters relating to child support or alimony;
and
‘‘(B) annually publish in the Federal Reg-
ister the designation of the agent or agents,
identified by title or position, mailing address,
and telephone number.
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‘‘(2) RESPONSE TO NOTICE OR PROCESS.—If an
agent designated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this
subsection receives notice pursuant to State proce-
dures in effect pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or (b)
of section 466, or is effectively served with any
order, process, or interrogatory, with respect to an
individual’s child support or alimony payment obli-
gations, the agent shall—
‘‘(A) as soon as possible (but not later
than 15 days) thereafter, send written notice of
the notice or service (together with a copy of
the notice or service) to the individual at the
duty station or last-known home address of the
individual;
‘‘(B) within 30 days (or such longer period
as may be prescribed by applicable State law)
after receipt of a notice pursuant to such State
procedures, comply with all applicable provi-
sions of section 466; and
‘‘(C) within 30 days (or such longer period
as may be prescribed by applicable State law)
after effective service of any other such order,
process, or interrogatory, respond to the order,
process, or interrogatory.
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‘‘(d) PRIORITY OF CLAIMS.—If a governmental entity
specified in subsection (a) receives notice or is served with
process, as provided in this section, concerning amounts
owed by an individual to more than 1 person—
‘‘(1) support collection under section 466(b)
must be given priority over any other process, as
provided in section 466(b)(7);
‘‘(2) allocation of moneys due or payable to an
individual among claimants under section 466(b)
shall be governed by section 466(b) and the regula-
tions prescribed under such section; and
‘‘(3) such moneys as remain after compliance
with paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be available to
satisfy any other such processes on a first-come,
first-served basis, with any such process being satis-
fied out of such moneys as remain after the satisfac-
tion of all such processes which have been previously
served.
‘‘(e) NO REQUIREMENT TO VARY PAY CYCLES.—A
governmental entity that is affected by legal process
served for the enforcement of an individual’s child support
or alimony payment obligations shall not be required to
vary its normal pay and disbursement cycle in order to
comply with the legal process.
‘‘(f) RELIEF FROM LIABILITY.—
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‘‘(1) Neither the United States, nor the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, nor any disbursing
officer shall be liable with respect to any payment
made from moneys due or payable from the United
States to any individual pursuant to legal process
regular on its face, if the payment is made in ac-
cordance with this section and the regulations issued
to carry out this section.
‘‘(2) No Federal employee whose duties include
taking actions necessary to comply with the require-
ments of subsection (a) with regard to any individ-
ual shall be subject under any law to any discipli-
nary action or civil or criminal liability or penalty
for, or on account of, any disclosure of information
made by the employee in connection with the carry-
ing out of such actions.
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—Authority to promulgate regu-
lations for the implementation of this section shall, insofar
as this section applies to moneys due from (or payable
by)—
‘‘(1) the United States (other than the legisla-
tive or judicial branches of the Federal Government)
or the government of the District of Columbia, be
vested in the President (or the designee of the Presi-
dent);
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‘‘(2) the legislative branch of the Federal Gov-
ernment, be vested jointly in the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives (or their designees), and
‘‘(3) the judicial branch of the Federal Govern-
ment, be vested in the Chief Justice of the United
States (or the designee of the Chief Justice).
‘‘(h) MONEYS SUBJECT TO PROCESS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
moneys paid or payable to an individual which are
considered to be based upon remuneration for em-
ployment, for purposes of this section—
‘‘(A) consist of—
‘‘(i) compensation paid or payable for
personal services of the individual, whether
the compensation is denominated as wages,
salary, commission, bonus, pay, allowances,
or otherwise (including severance pay, sick
pay, and incentive pay);
‘‘(ii) periodic benefits (including a
periodic benefit as defined in section
228(h)(3)) or other payments—
‘‘(I) under the insurance system
established by title II;
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‘‘(iii) worker’s compensation benefits
paid under Federal or State law but
‘‘(B) do not include any payment—
‘‘(i) by way of reimbursement or oth-
erwise, to defray expenses incurred by the
individual in carrying out duties associated
with the employment of the individual; or
‘‘(ii) as allowances for members of the
uniformed services payable pursuant to
chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code,
as prescribed by the Secretaries concerned
(defined by section 101(5) of such title) as
necessary for the efficient performance of
duty.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN AMOUNTS EXCLUDED.—In deter-
mining the amount of any moneys due from, or pay-
able by, the United States to any individual, there
shall be excluded amounts which—
‘‘(A) are owed by the individual to the
United States;
‘‘(B) are required by law to be, and are,
deducted from the remuneration or other pay-
ment involved, including Federal employment
taxes, and fines and forfeitures ordered by
court-martial;
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‘‘(C) are properly withheld for Federal,
State, or local income tax purposes, if the with-
holding of the amounts is authorized or re-
quired by law and if amounts withheld are not
greater than would be the case if the individual
claimed all dependents to which he was entitled
(the withholding of additional amounts pursu-
ant to section 3402(i) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 may be permitted only when the
individual presents evidence of a tax obligation
which supports the additional withholding);
‘‘(D) are deducted as health insurance pre-
miums;
‘‘(E) are deducted as normal retirement
contributions (not including amounts deducted
for supplementary coverage); or
‘‘(F) are deducted as normal life insurance
premiums from salary or other remuneration
for employment (not including amounts de-
ducted for supplementary coverage).
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United
States’ includes any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the legislative, judicial, or executive
branch of the Federal Government, the United
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States Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission,
any Federal corporation created by an Act of Con-
gress that is wholly owned by the Federal Govern-
ment, and the governments of the territories and
possessions of the United States.
‘‘(2) CHILD SUPPORT.—The term ‘child sup-
port’, when used in reference to the legal obligations
of an individual to provide such support, means peri-
odic payments of funds for the support and mainte-
nance of a child or children with respect to which
the individual has such an obligation, and (subject
to and in accordance with State law) includes pay-
ments to provide for health care, education, recre-
ation, clothing, or to meet other specific needs of
such a child or children, and includes attorney’s
fees, interest, and court costs, when and to the ex-
tent that the same are expressly made recoverable as
such pursuant to a decree, order, or judgment issued
in accordance with applicable State law by a court
of competent jurisdiction.
‘‘(3) ALIMONY.—The term ‘alimony’, when used
in reference to the legal obligations of an individual
to provide the same, means periodic payments of
funds for the support and maintenance of the spouse
(or former spouse) of the individual, and (subject to
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and in accordance with State law) includes separate
maintenance, alimony pendente lite, maintenance,
and spousal support, and includes attorney’s fees,
interest, and court costs when and to the extent that
the same are expressly made recoverable as such
pursuant to a decree, order, or judgment issued in
accordance with applicable State law by a court of
competent jurisdiction. Such term does not include
any payment or transfer of property or its value by
an individual to the spouse or a former spouse of the
individual in compliance with any community prop-
erty settlement, equitable distribution of property, or
other division of property between spouses or former
spouses.
‘‘(4) PRIVATE PERSON.—The term ‘private per-
son’ means a person who does not have sovereign or
other special immunity or privilege which causes the
person not to be subject to legal process.
‘‘(5) LEGAL PROCESS.—The term ‘legal proc-
ess’ means any writ, order, summons, or other simi-
lar process in the nature of garnishment—
‘‘(A) which is issued by—
‘‘(i) a court of competent jurisdiction
in any State, territory, or possession of the
United States;
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‘‘(ii) a court of competent jurisdiction
in any foreign country with which the
United States has entered into an agree-
ment which requires the United States to
honor the process; or
‘‘(iii) an authorized official pursuant
to an order of such a court of competent
jurisdiction or pursuant to State or local
law; and
‘‘(B) which is directed to, and the purpose
of which is to compel, a governmental entity
which holds moneys which are otherwise pay-
able to an individual to make a payment from
the moneys to another party in order to satisfy
a legal obligation of the individual to provide
child support or make alimony payments.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) TO PART D OF TITLE IV.—Sections 461 and
462 (42 U.S.C. 661 and 662) are repealed.
(2) TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Sec-
tion 5520a of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed, in subsections (h)(2) and (i), by striking ‘‘sec-
tions 459, 461, and 462 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 659, 661, and 662)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
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tion 459 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
659)’’.
(c) MILITARY RETIRED AND RETAINER PAY.—
(1) 
DEFINITION
OF
COURT.—Section
1408(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after subparagraph (C) the
following:
‘‘(D) any administrative or judicial tribu-
nal of a State competent to enter orders for
support or maintenance (including a State
agency administering a program under a State
plan approved under part D of title IV of the
Social Security Act), and, for purposes of this
subparagraph, the term ‘State’ includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and
American Samoa.’’.
(2) DEFINITION
OF
COURT
ORDER.—Section
1408(a)(2) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or
a court order for the payment of child support not
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included in or accompanied by such a decree or set-
tlement,’’ before ‘‘which—’’.
(3) PUBLIC PAYEE.—Section 1408(d) of such
title is amended—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘(OR FOR
BENEFIT OF)’’ before ‘‘SPOUSE OR’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence,
by inserting ‘‘(or for the benefit of such spouse
or former spouse to a State disbursement unit
established pursuant to section 454B of the So-
cial Security Act or other public payee des-
ignated by a State, in accordance with part D
of title IV of the Social Security Act, as di-
rected by court order, or as otherwise directed
in accordance with such part D)’’ before ‘‘in an
amount sufficient’’.
(4) RELATIONSHIP TO PART D OF TITLE IV.—
Section 1408 of such title is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(j) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—In any case
involving an order providing for payment of child support
(as defined in section 459(i)(2) of the Social Security Act)
by a member who has never been married to the other
parent of the child, the provisions of this section shall not
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apply, and the case shall be subject to the provisions of
section 459 of such Act.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall become effective 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 14763. ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGA-
TIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF LOCATOR INFORMATION.—
(1) MAINTENANCE
OF
ADDRESS
INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
centralized personnel locator service that includes
the address of each member of the Armed Forces
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Upon re-
quest of the Secretary of Transportation, addresses
for members of the Coast Guard shall be included in
the centralized personnel locator service.
(2) TYPE OF ADDRESS.—
(A) RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS.—Except as
provided in subparagraph (B), the address for
a member of the Armed Forces shown in the lo-
cator service shall be the residential address of
that member.
(B) DUTY ADDRESS.—The address for a
member of the Armed Forces shown in the loca-
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tor service shall be the duty address of that
member in the case of a member—
(i) who is permanently assigned over-
seas, to a vessel, or to a routinely
deployable unit; or
(ii) with respect to whom the Sec-
retary concerned makes a determination
that the member’s residential address
should not be disclosed due to national se-
curity or safety concerns.
(3) UPDATING
OF
LOCATOR
INFORMATION.—
Within 30 days after a member listed in the locator
service establishes a new residential address (or a
new duty address, in the case of a member covered
by paragraph (2)(B)), the Secretary concerned shall
update the locator service to indicate the new ad-
dress of the member.
(4) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall make information regarding
the address of a member of the Armed Forces listed
in the locator service available, on request, to the
Federal Parent Locator Service established under
section 453 of the Social Security Act.
(b) FACILITATING GRANTING OF LEAVE FOR AT-
TENDANCE AT HEARINGS.—
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(1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of each
military department, and the Secretary of Transpor-
tation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is
not operating as a service in the Navy, shall pre-
scribe regulations to facilitate the granting of leave
to a member of the Armed Forces under the juris-
diction of that Secretary in a case in which—
(A) the leave is needed for the member to
attend a hearing described in paragraph (2);
(B) the member is not serving in or with
a unit deployed in a contingency operation (as
defined in section 101 of title 10, United States
Code); and
(C) the exigencies of military service (as
determined by the Secretary concerned) do not
otherwise require that such leave not be grant-
ed.
(2) COVERED HEARINGS.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies to a hearing that is conducted by a court or
pursuant to an administrative process established
under State law, in connection with a civil action—
(A) to determine whether a member of the
Armed Forces is a natural parent of a child; or
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(B) to determine an obligation of a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces to provide child sup-
port.
(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section:
(A) The term ‘‘court’’ has the meaning
given that term in section 1408(a) of title 10,
United States Code.
(B) The term ‘‘child support’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 459(i) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 659(i)).
(c) PAYMENT OF MILITARY RETIRED PAY IN COM-
PLIANCE WITH CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.—
(1) DATE
OF
CERTIFICATION
OF
COURT
ORDER.—Section 1408 of title 10, United States
Code, as amended by section 14762(c)(4) of this
Act, is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j)
as subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the
following:
‘‘(i) CERTIFICATION DATE.—It is not necessary that
the date of a certification of the authenticity or complete-
ness of a copy of a court order for child support received
by the Secretary concerned for the purposes of this section
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be recent in relation to the date of receipt by the Sec-
retary.’’.
(2) PAYMENTS
CONSISTENT
WITH
ASSIGN-
MENTS OF RIGHTS TO STATES.—Section 1408(d)(1)
of such title is amended by inserting after the 1st
sentence the following: ‘‘In the case of a spouse or
former spouse who, pursuant to section 405(a)(8) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 605(a)(8)), as-
signs to a State the rights of the spouse or former
spouse to receive support, the Secretary concerned
may make the child support payments referred to in
the preceding sentence to that State in amounts con-
sistent with that assignment of rights.’’.
(3) ARREARAGES OWED BY MEMBERS OF THE
UNIFORMED
SERVICES.—Section 1408(d) of such
title is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) In the case of a court order for which effective
service is made on the Secretary concerned on or after
the date of the enactment of this paragraph and which
provides for payments from the disposable retired pay of
a member to satisfy the amount of child support set forth
in the order, the authority provided in paragraph (1) to
make payments from the disposable retired pay of a mem-
ber to satisfy the amount of child support set forth in a
court order shall apply to payment of any amount of child
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support arrearages set forth in that order as well as to
amounts of child support that currently become due.’’.
(4) PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.—The Secretary of
Defense shall begin payroll deductions within 30
days after receiving notice of withholding, or for the
first pay period that begins after such 30-day pe-
riod.
SEC. 14764. VOIDING OF FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS.
Section 466 (42 U.S.C. 666), as amended by section
14721 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(g) LAWS VOIDING FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS.—In
order to satisfy section 454(20)(A), each State must have
in effect—
‘‘(1)(A) the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act of 1981;
‘‘(B) the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act of
1984; or
‘‘(C) another law, specifying indicia of fraud
which create a prima facie case that a debtor trans-
ferred income or property to avoid payment to a
child support creditor, which the Secretary finds af-
fords comparable rights to child support creditors;
and
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‘‘(2) procedures under which, in any case in
which the State knows of a transfer by a child sup-
port debtor with respect to which such a prima facie
case is established, the State must—
‘‘(A) seek to void such transfer; or
‘‘(B) obtain a settlement in the best inter-
ests of the child support creditor.’’.
SEC. 14765. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT STATES
SHOULD SUSPEND DRIVERS’, BUSINESS, AND
OCCUPATIONAL 
LICENSES 
OF 
PERSONS
OWING PAST-DUE CHILD SUPPORT.
It is the sense of the Congress that each State should
suspend any driver’s license, business license, or occupa-
tional license issued to any person who owes past-due child
support.
SEC. 14766. WORK REQUIREMENT FOR PERSONS OWING
PAST-DUE CHILD SUPPORT.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by sections 14701(a), 14715,
14717(a), and 14723 of this Act, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(16) PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT PERSONS
OWING PAST-DUE SUPPORT WORK OR HAVE A PLAN
FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH SUPPORT.—
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‘‘(A) Procedures requiring the State, in
any case in which an individual owes past-due
support with respect to a child receiving assist-
ance under a State program funded under part
A, to seek a court order that requires the indi-
vidual to—
‘‘(i) pay such support in accordance
with a plan approved by the court; or
‘‘(ii) if the individual is subject to
such a plan and is not incapacitated, par-
ticipate in such work activities (as defined
in section 404(b)(1)) as the court deems
appropriate.
‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the
term ‘past-due support’ means the amount of a
delinquency, determined under a court order, or
an order of an administrative process estab-
lished under State law, for support and mainte-
nance of a child, or of a child and the parent
with whom the child is living.’’.
SEC. 14767. DEFINITION OF SUPPORT ORDER.
Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) as amended by sections
14716 and 14746(b) of this Act, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
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‘‘(o) SUPPORT ORDER DEFINED.—As used in this
part, the term ‘support order’ means an order issued by
a court or an administrative process established under
State law that requires support and maintenance of a child
or of a child and the parent with whom the child is liv-
ing.’’.
SEC. 14768. LIENS.
Section 466(a)(4) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(4)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(4) Procedures under which—
‘‘(A) liens arise by operation of law against
real and personal property for amounts of over-
due support owed by an absent parent who re-
sides or owns property in the State; and
‘‘(B) the State accords full faith and credit
to liens described in subparagraph (A) arising
in another State, without registration of the un-
derlying order.’’.
SEC. 14769. STATE LAW AUTHORIZING SUSPENSION OF LI-
CENSES.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
sections 14715, 14717(a), and 14723 of this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(15) AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD OR SUSPEND
LICENSES.—Procedures under which the State has
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(and uses in appropriate cases) authority to withhold
or suspend, or to restrict the use of driver’s licenses,
professional and occupational licenses, and rec-
reational licenses of individuals owing overdue sup-
port or failing, after receiving appropriate notice, to
comply with subpoenas or warrants relating to pa-
ternity or child support proceedings.’’.
CHAPTER 8—MEDICAL SUPPORT
SEC. 14771. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO ERISA DEFINI-
TION OF MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 609(a)(2)(B) of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1169(a)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘issued by a court of competent
jurisdiction’’;
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(ii) and inserting a comma; and
(3) by adding, after and below clause (ii), the
following:
‘‘if such judgment, decree, or order (I) is issued
by a court of competent jurisdiction or (II) is
issued through an administrative process estab-
lished under State law and has the force and ef-
fect of law under applicable State law.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(2) PLAN AMENDMENTS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL
JANUARY 1, 1996.—Any amendment to a plan re-
quired to be made by an amendment made by this
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.
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CHAPTER 9—ENHANCING RESPONSIBIL-
ITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-
RESIDENTIAL PARENTS
SEC. 14781. GRANTS TO STATES FOR ACCESS AND VISITA-
TION PROGRAMS.
Part D of title IV (42 U.S.C. 651–669) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 469A. GRANTS TO STATES FOR ACCESS AND VISITA-
TION PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administration for Children
and Families shall make grants under this section to en-
able States to establish and administer programs to sup-
port and facilitate absent parents’ access to and visitation
of their children, by means of activities including medi-
ation (both voluntary and mandatory), counseling, edu-
cation, development of parenting plans, visitation enforce-
ment (including monitoring, supervision and neutral drop-
off and pickup), and development of guidelines for visita-
tion and alternative custody arrangements.
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of the grant
to be made to a State under this section for a fiscal year
shall be an amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(1) 90 percent of State expenditures during
the fiscal year for activities described in subsection
(a); or
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‘‘(2) the allotment of the State under sub-
section (c) for the fiscal year.
‘‘(c) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The allotment of a State
for a fiscal year is the amount that bears the same
ratio to the amount appropriated for grants under
this section for the fiscal year as the number of chil-
dren in the State living with only 1 biological parent
bears to the total number of such children in all
States.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—The Administra-
tion for Children and Families shall adjust allot-
ments to States under paragraph (1) as necessary to
ensure that no State is allotted less than—
‘‘(A) $50,000 for fiscal year 1996 or 1997;
or
‘‘(B) $100,000 for any succeeding fiscal
year.
‘‘(d) NO SUPPLANTATION OF STATE EXPENDITURES
FOR SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.—A State to which a grant is
made under this section may not use the grant to supplant
expenditures by the State for activities specified in sub-
section (a), but shall use the grant to supplement such
expenditures at a level at least equal to the level of such
expenditures for fiscal year 1995.
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‘‘(e) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—Each State to which
a grant is made under this section—
‘‘(1) may administer State programs funded
with the grant, directly or through grants to or con-
tracts with courts, local public agencies, or non-prof-
it private entities;
‘‘(2) shall not be required to operate such pro-
grams on a statewide basis; and
‘‘(3) shall monitor, evaluate, and report on such
programs in accordance with regulations prescribed
by the Secretary.’’.
CHAPTER 10—EFFECT OF ENACTMENT
SEC. 14791. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise specifically
provided (but subject to subsections (b) and (c))—
(1) the provisions of this subtitle requiring the
enactment or amendment of State laws under sec-
tion 466 of the Social Security Act, or revision of
State plans under section 454 of such Act, shall be
effective with respect to periods beginning on and
after October 1, 1996; and
(2) all other provisions of this subtitle shall be-
come effective upon enactment.
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(b) GRACE PERIOD FOR STATE LAW CHANGES.—The
provisions of this subtitle shall become effective with re-
spect to a State on the later of—
(1) the date specified in this subtitle, or
(2) the effective date of laws enacted by the leg-
islature of such State implementing such provisions,
but in no event later than the first day of the first cal-
endar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular
session of the State legislature that begins after the date
of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous
sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legisla-
tive session, each year of such session shall be deemed to
be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
(c) GRACE PERIOD
FOR STATE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.—A State shall not be found out of compli-
ance with any requirement enacted by this subtitle if the
State is unable to so comply without amending the State
constitution until the earlier of—
(1) 1 year after the effective date of the nec-
essary State constitutional amendment; or
(2) 5 years after the date of the enactment of
this subtitle.
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CHAPTER 11—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 14801. SCORING.
Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR WELFARE RE-
FORM.—For any fiscal year, the adjustments shall
be appropriations for discretionary programs result-
ing from the Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 (as
described in the joint explanatory statement accom-
panying a conference report on that Act) in discre-
tionary accounts and the outlays flowing in all years
from such appropriations (but not to exceed
amounts authorized for those programs by that Act
for that fiscal year) minus appropriations for com-
parable discretionary programs for fiscal year 1995
(as described in the joint explanatory statement ac-
companying a conference report on that Act.’’.
SEC. 14802. PROVISIONS TO ENCOURAGE ELECTRONIC BEN-
EFIT TRANSFER SYSTEMS.
Section 904 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15
U.S.C. 1693b) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(d) In the event’’ and inserting
‘‘(d) 
APPLICABILITY
TO
SERVICE
PROVIDERS
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OTHER
THAN
CERTAIN
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELEC-
TRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(A) EXEMPTION
GENERALLY.—The dis-
closures, protections, responsibilities, and rem-
edies established under this title, and any regu-
lation prescribed or order issued by the Board
in accordance with this title, shall not apply to
any electronic benefit transfer program estab-
lished under State or local law or administered
by a State or local government.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
DIRECT
DEPOSIT
INTO
RECIPIENT’S
ACCOUNT.—Subparagraph
(A) shall not apply with respect to any elec-
tronic funds transfer under an electronic benefit
transfer program for deposits directly into a
consumer account held by the recipient of the
benefit.
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No provi-
sion of this paragraph may be construed as—
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‘‘(i) affecting or altering the protec-
tions otherwise applicable with respect to
benefits established by Federal, State, or
local law; or
‘‘(ii) otherwise superseding the appli-
cation of any State or local law.
‘‘(D) ELECTRONIC
BENEFIT
TRANSFER
PROGRAM
DEFINED.—For purposes of this
paragraph, the term ‘electronic benefit transfer
program’—
‘‘(i) means a program under which a
government agency distributes needs-tested
benefits by establishing accounts to be
accessed by recipients electronically, such
as through automated teller machines, or
point-of-sale terminals; and
‘‘(ii) does not include employment-re-
lated payments, including salaries and pen-
sion, retirement, or unemployment benefits
established by Federal, State, or local gov-
ernments.’’.
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TITLE XV—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
AND SERVICES
Subtitle A—Administrative
Reforms
SEC. 15001. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount obligated by the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs during fiscal year 1996 for
overhead expenses shall not exceed an amount sufficient
to reduce outlays for such expenses during such fiscal year
(as compared to such outlays during fiscal year 1995) by
$424,000,000.
(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
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(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
Subtitle B—Extension of Certain
Veterans Programs
SEC. 15011. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR
COPAYMENT CHARGE FOR MEDICATIONS.
Section 1722A of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking subsection (c).
SEC. 15012. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR
MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY.
Section 1729(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘before October 1, 1998,’’.
SEC. 15013. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR
INCOME VERIFICATION PROCEDURES.
Section 5317 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking subsection (g).
SEC. 15014. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR
PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO LIQUIDATION
SALES ON DEFAULTED HOME LOANS.
Section 3732(c) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking paragraph (11).
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Subtitle C—Home Loan Guarantee
Program Reforms
SEC. 15021. RESTRICTION ON USE OF MULTIPLE VA HOUS-
ING LOAN GUARANTY BENEFITS.
(a) REPEAL OF CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDED FROM
COMPUTATION OF AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF GUARANTY
AVAILABLE.—Section 3702 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by striking out subsection (b).
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
3703(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by striking out
‘‘and not restored as a result of the exclusion in section
3702(b) of this title’’.
(2) Section 3710(e)(2) of such title is amended by
striking out the last sentence thereof.
(3) Section 3712 of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out the last
sentence of paragraphs (4)(B) and (5)(B); and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(b)’’; and
(ii) by striking out paragraph (2).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) applies with respect to loans guar-
anteed, insured, or made after September 30, 1996.
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SEC. 15022. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO HOUSING LOANS.
(a) LOAN ORIGINATION FEE.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 3729(a) of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1,
2000’’.
(b) MULTIPLE
HOME
LOAN
FEES.—Paragraph
(5)(C) of such section is amended by striking out ‘‘October
1, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2000’’.
Subtitle D—Medical Program
Reforms
SEC. 15031. MORE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AND DELIV-
ERY OF VETERANS HEALTH CARE.
(a) REQUIRED SAVINGS.—The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall manage the medical care system of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs so as to achieve savings of
$3,200,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2000 compared
to the costs of that system through that fiscal year as-
sumed in the Budget of the President for fiscal year 1995.
(b) PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM.—In order to
achieve the savings required by subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall establish a system known as a Prospective
Payment System for the allocation of resources for hos-
pital care within the Department of Veterans Affairs. In
establishing such a system, the Secretary shall consult
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and
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shall establish Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) to re-
flect the average cost of efficient care for different groups
of patients.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY.—In order to im-
plement the system required by subsection (b) and to
achieve the savings required by subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall have discretion to control the nature and loca-
tion of Department facilities, the total number of health
care beds of the Department, and the total staffing level
of health-related workers in the Department.
SEC. 15032. CLOSURE AND CONVERSION OF INEFFICIENT
OR UNDERUSED FACILITIES IN VETERANS’
HOSPITALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to achieve greater effi-
ciency in the operation of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall reduce the
number of surgical and other acute care facilities of the
Department that have low rates of use or occupancy. The
Secretary shall carry out the preceding sentence by closing
small hospitals or underused units within hospitals or by
converting such hospitals or underused units into facilities
offering other services which are less costly and for which
there is greater demand.
(b) CRITERIA.—In considering a facility for closure
or conversion under subsection (b), the Secretary shall
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take into consideration whether there are adequate alter-
native sources of care and whether the number of veterans
using the facility is below average for Department of Vet-
erans Affairs facilities.
SEC. 15033. REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES FOR MAJOR
CONSTRUCTION.
(a) 
LIMITATION
ON
MAJOR
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.—During fiscal years 1996 through 2000, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a major con-
struction project only in a geographic area that does not
contain underutilized non-Department of Veterans Affairs
facilities though which the Secretary could obtain by con-
tract the health care capacity that would otherwise be ob-
tained through the major construction project.
(b) COST SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED.—In order to
carry out subsection (a), the Secretary shall revise pro-
jected expenditures for major construction projects for the
fiscal years covered by subsection (a) in order to reduce
those projected expenditures by 10 percent.
Subtitle E—Other Veterans
Programs Reforms
SEC. 15041. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN SUNSET DATES.
The following provisions of law are repealed:
(1) Section 8013(e) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (38 U.S.C. 1710 note).
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(2) Section 5503(f)(7) of title 38, United States
Code.
SEC. 15042. THIRD-PARTY REIMBURSEMENT.
Section 1729(a)(2)(E) is amended by striking out
‘‘October 1, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October
1, 1999’’.
TITLE XVI—ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 16001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
There is authorized to be appropriated for each of
the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000,
$9,517,139,750 to carry out the activities of the Depart-
ment of Justice (including any bureau, office, board, divi-
sion, commission, or subdivision thereof) which shall in-
clude the following sums authorized to be appropriated—
(1) for General Administration, Salaries and
Expenses: $73,229,000;
(2) for the Office of Inspector General:
$30,500,000; which shall include—
(A) not to exceed $10,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character, to
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be expended under the direction of the Attorney
General, and to be accounted for solely on the
certificate of the Attorney General; and
(B) funds for the acquisition, lease, main-
tenance and operation of motor vehicles without
regard to the general purchase price limitation;
(3) for the United States Parole Commission:
$6,781,000;
(4) for General Legal Activities: $407,234,000;
which shall include—
(A) not to exceed $20,000 for expenses
necessary in the collection of evidence, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Attorney
General and accounted for solely on the certifi-
cate of the Attorney General;
(B) funds for the rent of private or Gov-
ernment owned space in the District of Colum-
bia; and
(C) not to exceed $2,762,000 for the Office
of Legal Counsel:
except that notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not to exceed $2,000,000 for expenses of the
Department of Justice associated with processing
cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury
Act of 1986 shall be reimbursed from the Special
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fund established to pay judgments awarded under
the Act;
(5) for the Antitrust Division: $67,658,750;
(6) 
for 
the 
United 
States 
Attorneys:
$817,757,000;
(7) for the United States Marshals Service:
$341,471,000; which shall include—
(A) funds for the acquisition, lease, main-
tenance, and operation of vehicles and aircraft;
and
(B) funds for the purchase of passenger
motor vehicles for police-type use without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year:
except that notwithstanding the provisions of section
3302 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year
1992 and hereafter the Director of the United
States Marshals Service may collect fees and ex-
penses for the service authorized by section 1921 of
title 28, United States Code, and credit not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 of such fees to this appropriation to
be used for salaries and other expenses incurred in
providing these services;
(8) For the Support of United States Prisoners
in the custody of the United States Marshals Service
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and as authorized in section 4013 of title 18, United
States Code, but not including expenses otherwise
provided for in appropriations available to the Attor-
ney General, $268,481,000, to remain available until
expended; of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall
be available under the Cooperative Agreement Pro-
gram;
(9) For Fees and Expenses of Witnesses:
$78,000,000; which shall remain available until ex-
pended; and which shall include—
(A) funds for expenses, mileage, compensa-
tion, and per diem of witnesses, for private
counsel expenses, and for per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by law, including ad-
vances; and
(B) not to exceed $2,000,000 for planning,
construction, renovation, maintenance, remodel-
ing, and repair of buildings and the purchase of
equipment incident thereto for protected wit-
ness safesites;
(10) For the Community Relations Service:
$20,379,000;
(11) For the United States Trustee System
Fund: $100,216,000; to remain available until ex-
pended and to be derived from the Fund, except that
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deposits to the Fund are available in such amounts
as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors;
(12) 
For 
the 
Assets 
Forfeiture 
Fund:
$439,000,000; to be derived from the Fund, as may
be necessary for the payment of expenses as author-
ized by subparagraphs (A)(ii), (B), (C), (F), and (G)
of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code;
(13) For Organized Crime Drug Enforcement:
$500,000,000; for expenses, not otherwise provided
for, for the investigation and prosecution of individ-
uals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, ex-
cept that any amounts obligated from appropriations
under this heading may be used under authorities
available to the organizations reimbursed from this
appropriation;
(14) For the Federal Bureau of Investigation:
$2,062,576,000; which shall include—
(A) funds for the purchase for police-type
use of passenger motor vehicles without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year, and for the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles;
(B) funds for the acquisition, lease, main-
tenance and operation of aircraft;
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(C) not to exceed $70,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character to
be expended under the direction of the Attorney
General and to be accounted for solely on the
certificate of the Attorney General; and
(D) not to exceed $30,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses;
(15) For the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion: $1,000,000,000; which shall include—
(A) funds for the purchase for police-type
use of passenger motor vehicles, without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year, and for the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles;
(B) funds for the acquisition, lease, main-
tenance and operation of aircraft;
(C) funds for conducting drug education
programs, including travel and related expenses
for participants in such programs and the dis-
tribution of items of token value that promote
the goals of such programs; and
(D) not to exceed $70,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character to
be expended under the direction of the Attorney
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General and to be accounted for solely on the
certificate of the Attorney General;
(16) For the Immigration and Naturalization
Service: $1,056,826,000; which shall include—
(A) funds for the purchase for police-type
use of passenger motor vehicles, without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year, and for the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles;
(B) funds for the acquisition, lease, main-
tenance and operation of aircraft;
(C) funds for the purchase of uniforms
without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year; and
(D) not to exceed $50,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character to
be expended under the direction of the Attorney
General and to be accounted for solely on the
certificate of the Attorney General;
(17) 
For 
the 
Federal 
Prison 
System:
$2,246,031,000; including $11,055,000 for the Na-
tional Institute of Corrections and $339,225,000 for
buildings and facilities; and
(18) The Federal Prison Industries, Incor-
porated is authorized to make expenditures, within
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the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail-
able, and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the program set forth in the
budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion, including purchases of and hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 16002. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF DE-
PARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount obligated by the De-
partment of Justice during fiscal year 1996 for overhead
expenses shall not exceed an amount sufficient to reduce
outlays for such expenses during such fiscal year (as com-
pared to such outlays during fiscal year 1995) by
$401,000,000.
(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
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(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
CHAPTER 2—OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
ENTITIES
SEC. 16011. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE.
There is authorized to be appropriated for each of
the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000,
$1,360,665,000 for salaries and expenses of the United
States Customs Service.
SEC. 16012. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE.
There is authorized to be appropriated for each of
the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000,
$461,992,000 for salaries and expenses of the United
States Secret Service.
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SEC. 16013. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND
FIREARMS.
There is authorized to be appropriated for each of
the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000,
$188,000,000 for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
SEC. 16014. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DE-
FENDER SERVICES.
There is authorized to be appropriated for each of
the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000,
$250,000,000 for defender services authorized under sec-
tion 3006A of title 18 of the United States Code.
CHAPTER 3—ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
SEC. 16021. IMPROVEMENT OF U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE.
(a) PHASING OUT OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES.—
(1) UNCONFIRMED APPOINTEES.—Any individ-
ual serving as a United States marshal to whose ap-
pointment to such office the Senate has not given its
advice and consent as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, may no longer serve in such position on
or after such date of enactment, except pursuant to
appointment by the Attorney General under the
amendments made by this section. The Attorney
General shall, before appointing any other individual
to such vacated position, offer such vacated position
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to the individual then serving as deputy marshal in
that office of United States marshal. The individual
appointed to fill such vacated position shall be ap-
pointed for the remainder of the unexpired term of
his or her predecessor.
(2) CONFIRMED APPOINTEES.—Any individual
who, on the date of the enactment of this Act, is a
United States marshal to whose appointment the
Senate has given its advice and consent, may not
serve in such position on or after December 31,
1995, except pursuant to appointment by the Attor-
ney General under the amendments made by this
section. The Attorney General shall, before appoint-
ing any other individual to such vacated position,
offer such vacated position to the individual then
serving as deputy marshal in that office of United
States marshal. The individual appointed to fill such
vacated position shall be appointed for the remain-
der of the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.
(b) APPOINTMENT
OF
UNITED
STATES
MAR-
SHALS.—Section 561 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘The President
shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of
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the Senate,’’ and inserting ‘‘The Attorney General
shall appoint’’; and
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘President’’
and inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’.
(c) OVERALL REDUCTION
IN NUMBER
OF POSI-
TIONS.—
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
POSITIONS
OF
DEPUTY
MARSHAL.—The position of deputy marshal in the
70 judicial districts having the least population of all
judicial districts shall be abolished, as of—
(A) the date of the enactment of this Act,
in a case in which subsection (a)(1) applies; or
(B) the date on which the United States
marshal leaves office under the first sentence of
subsection (a)(2), in a case in which such sub-
section applies;
and no equivalent position in such districts shall
thereafter be created.
(2) OVERALL
REDUCTION.—The number of
full-time equivalent positions in the United States
Marshals Service as of January 1, 1996, may not
exceed the number of full-time equivalent positions
in the United States Marshals Service on the date
of the enactment of this Act, minus 70.
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(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 562 of
title 28, United States Code, and the item relating to such
section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter
37 of such title, are repealed.
(2) Section 569 of such title is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
(B) by striking subsection (b).
Subtitle B—Prison Reforms
SEC. 16201. PRIVATIZATION OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITU-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 301 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 4014. Privatization of correctional institutions
‘‘The Attorney General shall, not later than 5 years
after the date of the enactment of this section and subject
to the availability of sums appropriated for this purpose,
contract with private persons for the imprisonment, sub-
sistence, care, and proper employment of all persons held
in Federal medium to maximum security mainstream pris-
ons known as Federal correctional institutions under the
authority of an enactment of Congress. The Attorney Gen-
eral shall phase in the contracts required under this sec-
tion so that contracts cover approximately an additional
20 percent of prisoners in such institutions each of the
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5 years beginning on the date of the enactment of this
section.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 301 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘4014. Privatization of correctional institutions.’’.
SEC. 16202. PAYMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.
Section 1201(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796(b)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘appropria-
tions are provided’’ and inserting ‘‘funds are avail-
able under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10601 et seq.)’’; and
(2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘there
are authorized’’ and all that follows and inserting
‘‘the Attorney General, acting through the Director
of the Office of Victims of Crime, shall assign a pri-
ority for payments to public safety officers under the
Victims’s of Crime Fund and payment from such
fund to public safety officers shall be reduced by a
proportionate share to the extent that sufficient
funds are not available.
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Subtitle C—Justice Assistance
Program Reforms
SEC. 16301. LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.
The Legal Services Corporation Act is repealed, the
Legal Services Corporation is terminated, and its officers
and employees are terminated.
SEC. 16302. SURCHARGE ON DEBTS COLLECTED BY THE
UNITED STATES.
Section 3011(a) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 per-
cent’’.
SEC. 16303. TERMINATE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3741 et seq.) is repealed.
(b) BUREAU PHASE OUT.—The Attorney General
may provide for the orderly phase out of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance.
SEC. 16304. TERMINATE STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The State Justice Institute Act
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) is repealed.
(b) INSTITUTE PHASE OUT.— The Attorney General
may provide for the orderly phase out of the State Justice
Institute.
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Subtitle D—Federal Bureau of
Investigation Reforms
SEC. 16401. RESCISSION OF FUNDS FOR FBI FINGERPRINT
LABORATORY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation—Salaries and Expenses’’ in
chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 103–211, the unobli-
gated balance on the date of the enactment of this Act
is rescinded.
Subtitle E—Other Justice Program
Reforms
SEC. 16501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE 
EQUAL 
EMPLOYMENT 
OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION.
Section 705 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. 2000e–4) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(l) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this title (excluding subsections (j) and (k) of this sec-
tion) $230,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.’’.
SEC. 16502. HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEES.
Section 9505(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) in addition to amounts made available
under paragraph (3), for payment of expenses in-
curred by the Department of the Treasury, in fiscal
years 1996 through 1999, to ensure that the fees
imposed under section 4461 are paid, but not in ex-
cess of $5,000,000 for any such fiscal year.’’.
TITLE XVII—GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
Subtitle A—Administrative
Reforms
SEC. 17001. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF CER-
TAIN FOREIGN OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The aggregate amount obligated
during fiscal year 1996 for overhead expenses for activities
for which funds are appropriated under the heading
‘‘Funds Appropriated to the President’’ in the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act shall not exceed an amount sufficient to
reduce outlays for such expenses during such fiscal year
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(as compared to such outlays during fiscal year 1995) by
$461,000,000.
(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
SEC. 17002. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF DE-
PARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount obligated by the De-
partment of the Treasury during fiscal year 1996 for over-
head expenses shall not exceed an amount sufficient to re-
duce outlays for such expenses during such fiscal year (as
compared to such outlays during fiscal year 1995) by
$209,000,000.
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(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
SEC. 17003. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF OF-
FICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount obligated by the Of-
fice of Personnel Management during fiscal year 1996 for
overhead expenses shall not exceed an amount sufficient
to reduce outlays for such expenses during such fiscal year
(as compared to such outlays during fiscal year 1995) by
$12,000,000.
(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
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within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
SEC. 17004. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF
OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The aggregate amount obligated
by the independent agencies of the Federal Government
during fiscal year 1996 for overhead expenses shall not
exceed an amount sufficient to reduce outlays for such ex-
penses during such fiscal year (as compared to such out-
lays during fiscal year 1995) by $347,000,000. The Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall estab-
lish obligation limits for each such agency in order to carry
out this section.
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(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
SEC. 17005. TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMISSION ON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
(a) REPEAL.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
an Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations’’
(42 U.S.C. 4271 et seq.), approved September 24, 1959,
which established the Advisory Commission on Intergov-
ernmental Relations, is repealed.
(b) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONTINUATION OF AGREEMENTS, GRANTS,
CONTRACTS, PRIVILEGES, AND OTHER ADMINISTRA-
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TIVE ACTIONS.—All agreements, grants, contracts,
privileges, and other administrative actions—
(A) which have been issued, made, grant-
ed, or allowed to become effective by the Advi-
sory Commission on Intergovernmental Rela-
tions in the performance of its functions or by
a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to
those functions, and
(B) which are in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act, or were final before that
date of enactment and are to become effective
on or after that date of enactment,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re-
voked in accordance with law by the President, any
other authorized official, a court of competent juris-
diction, or operation of law.
(2) SUITS NOT AFFECTED.—The provisions of
this section shall not affect suits commenced before
the date of the enactment of this Act, and in all
such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken,
and judgments rendered in the same manner and
with the same effect as if this section had not been
enacted.
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(3) SUITS INVOLVING COUNCIL OR OFFICE.—
No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by
or against the Advisory Commission on Intergovern-
mental Relations, or by or against any individual in
the official capacity of such individual as an officer
or employee of such commission, shall abate by rea-
son of the enactment of this section.
SEC. 17006. ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNIT-
ED STATES.
Subchapter V of chapter 5 of title 5, United States
Code, is repealed, the Administrative Conference of the
United States is terminated, and the officers and employ-
ees of the Conference are terminated.
SEC. 17007. TERMINATION OF MISCELLANEOUS ADVISORY
COMMITTEES.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—
(1) SWINE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
Section 11 of the Swine Health Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 3810), which required the Secretary of Agri-
culture to appoint a swine health advisory committee
or committees, is repealed.
(2) CASCADE
HEAD
SCENIC-RESEARCH
AREA
ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8 of the Act of De-
cember 22, 1974 (16 U.S.C. 541g), which required
the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Cascade
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Head Scenic-Research Area advisory council, is re-
pealed.
(3) GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNICAL AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2404 of the Food, Ag-
riculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 6703), which required the Secretary of Agri-
culture to establish a technical advisory committee
concerning global climate change, is repealed.
(4) MONO
BASIN
NATIONAL
FOREST
SCENIC
AREA ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 306 of the Califor-
nia Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 543e), which
established the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic
Area Advisory Board, is repealed.
(5) NEZ PERCE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL AD-
VISORY
COUNCIL.—Section 5(d) of the National
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(d)), which re-
quired the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a Nez
Perce National Historic Trail Advisory Council, is
amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘establish-
ment.’’ the first place it appears, and by inserting
before the period at the end of the first sentence, as
amended, the following: ‘‘and the Advisory Council
established for the Nez Perce National Historic
Trail shall terminate on the effective date of the Re-
structuring a Limited Government Act’’.
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(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 3306 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1993 (50 U.S.C. 98h–1 note), which authorized the Gov-
ernment-Industry Advisory Committee on the Operation
and Modernization of the National Defense Stockpile, is
repealed.
(c) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—
(1) TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON VER-
IFICATION
OF
FISSILE
MATERIAL
AND
NUCLEAR
WARHEAD CONTROLS.—Section 3151(c) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1839), which
authorized the Technical Advisory Committee on
Verification of Fissile Material and Nuclear War-
head Controls, is repealed.
(2) TECHNICAL
PANEL
ON
MAGNETIC
FU-
SION.—Section 7 of the Magnetic Fusion Energy
Engineering Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9306), which
authorized the Technical Panel on Magnetic Fusion,
is repealed.
(d) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES.—
(1) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HAZARDOUS SUB-
STANCES RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—
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(A) REPEAL.—Section 311(a)(5) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.
9660(a)(5)), which authorized the Advisory
Council on Hazardous Substances Research and
Training, is repealed.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
2702(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and
the advisory council established under section
311(a)(5) of CERCLA’’.
(2) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA CARE SYS-
TEMS.—Section 601(b) of the Preventative Health
Amendments of 1993 (107 Stat. 2238), which
sought to terminate the Advisory Council on Trauma
Care Systems, is amended by striking ‘‘Section
1201’’ and inserting ‘‘Title XII’’.
(3) JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
AND
BASIC
SKILLS
TRAINING
PROGRAM
ADVISORY
PANEL.—Section
203(c)(4) of the Family Support Act of 1988 (42
U.S.C. 681 note), which authorized the Advisory
Panel for the Evaluation of the Job Opportunities
and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) Program, is re-
pealed.
(4) BOARD OF TEA EXPERTS.—
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(A) REPEAL.—Section 4 of the Tea Impor-
tation Act (21 U.S.C. 42), which authorized the
Board of Tea Experts, is repealed.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section
3 of the Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 43) is
amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘,
upon the recommendation of the said board,’’.
(5) DEVICE GOOD MANUFACTURING ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—Section 520(f)(3) of the Federal
Food, 
Drug, 
and 
Cosmetic 
Act 
(21 
U.S.C.
360j(f)(3)), which authorized the Device Good Man-
ufacturing Practice Advisory Committee, is repealed.
(6) END STAGE RENAL DISEASE DATA ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE.—The second sentence of section
1881(c)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395rr(c)(7)), which authorized the End-Stage
Renal Disease Data Advisory Committee, is amend-
ed by striking everything after ‘‘purpose of such’’
and inserting ‘‘registry and shall determine the ap-
propriate location of the registry.’’.
(7) FEDERAL
HOSPITAL
COUNCIL.—Section
641 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
291k), which authorized the Federal Hospital Coun-
cil, is repealed.
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(8) NATIONAL
ARTHRITIS
AND
MUSCULO-
SKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES ADVISORY BOARD.—
Section 442 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 285d–7), which authorized the National Ar-
thritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advi-
sory Board, is repealed.
(9) NATIONAL
COMMISSION
ON
ALCOHOLISM
AND
OTHER
ALCOHOL-RELATED
PROBLEMS.—Sec-
tion 18 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Al-
coholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation
Act Amendments of 1979 (42 U.S.C. 4541 note),
which established the National Commission on Alco-
holism and Other Alcohol-Related Problems, is re-
pealed.
(10) NATIONAL DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMU-
NICATION
DISORDERS
ADVISORY
BOARD.—Section
464D of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
285m–4), which authorized the National Deafness
and Other Communication Disorders Advisory
Board, is repealed.
(11) NATIONAL
DIABETES
ADVISORY
BOARD,
NATIONAL DIGESTIVE DISEASES ADVISORY BOARD,
AND
NATIONAL
KIDNEY
AND
UROLOGIC
DISEASES
ADVISORY BOARD.—
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(A) REPEAL.—Section 430 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c–4), which
authorized the National Diabetes Advisory
Board, the National Digestive Diseases Advi-
sory Board, and the National Kidney and Uro-
logic Diseases Advisory Board, is repealed.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section
429(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 485c–3(c)) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and
(iii) by striking paragraph (3).
(12) TASK FORCE ON AGING RESEARCH.—Title
III of the Home Health Care and Alzheimer’s Dis-
ease Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 242q through
242q–5), which authorized the Task Force on Aging
Research, is repealed.
(e) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—
(1) CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECRE-
ATION AREA ADVISORY COMMISSION.—Section 106
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the estab-
lishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recre-
ation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other
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purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 460ii–5), approved October
30, 1984, which established the Chattahoochee River
National Recreation Area Advisory Commission, is
repealed.
(2) GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE ADVI-
SORY COMMISSION.—Section 10 of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to provide for the establishment of the Gulf
Islands National Seashore, in the States of Florida
and Mississippi, for the recognition of certain his-
toric values at Fort San Carlos, Fort Redoubt, Fort
Barrancas, and Fort Pickens in Florida, and Fort
Massachusetts in Mississippi, and for other pur-
poses’’ (16 U.S.C. 459h–9), approved January 8,
1971, which established the Gulf Islands National
Seashore Advisory Commission, is repealed.
(3) JEFFERSON NATIONAL EXPANSION MEMO-
RIAL COMMISSION.—Section 7 of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to provide for the construction of the Jef-
ferson National Expansion Memorial at the site of
Old Saint Louis, Missouri, in general accordance
with the plan approved by the United States Terri-
torial Expansion Memorial Commission, and for
other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 450jj–6), approved Au-
gust 24, 1984, which established the Jefferson Na-
tional Expansion Memorial Commission, is repealed.
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(4) POTOMAC
HERITAGE
NATIONAL
SCENIC
TRAIL
ADVISORY
COUNCIL.—The first sentence of
section 5(d) of the National Trails System Act (16
U.S.C. 1244(d)), as amended by subsection (a)(5) of
this Act, which authorized the Potomac Heritage
National Scenic Trail Advisory Council, is further
amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting
‘‘Except for the Potomac Heritage National Scenic
Trail, the Secretary’’.
(f) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—
(1) REPEAL.—Section 5002 of title 18, United
States Code, which created the Advisory Corrections
Council, is repealed.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 401
of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating section 5003 as sec-
tion 5002; and
(B) in the table of sections at the begin-
ning of the chapter by striking the items related
to sections 5002 and 5003 and inserting the
following:
‘‘5002. Custody of State offenders.’’.
(g) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.—
(1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REG-
ULATORY REVIEW PANEL.—
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(A) REPEAL.—Section 31134 of title 49,
United States Code, which authorized the Com-
mercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Re-
view Panel, is repealed.
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 311 of title
49, United States Code, is amended by striking
the item relating to section 31134.
(2) NATIONAL
DRIVER
REGISTER
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—Section 209 of the National Driver
Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note), which
established the National Driver Register Advisory
Committee, is repealed.
(3) NATIONAL
HIGHWAY
SAFETY
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—Section 404 of title 23, United States
Code, which established the National Highway Safe-
ty Advisory Committee, is repealed.
(h) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONTINUATION OF AGREEMENTS, GRANTS,
CONTRACTS, PRIVILEGES, AND OTHER ADMINISTRA-
TIVE ACTIONS.—All agreements, grants, contracts,
privileges, and other administrative actions—
(A) which have been issued, made, grant-
ed, or allowed to become effective by an entity
terminated pursuant to an amendment or re-
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peal made by this section, in the performance of
its functions or by a court of competent juris-
diction with respect to those functions, and
(B) which are in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act, or were final before that
date of enactment and are to become effective
on or after that date of enactment,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re-
voked in accordance with law by the President, any
other authorized official, a court of competent juris-
diction, or operation of law.
(2) SUITS NOT AFFECTED.—The provisions of
this section shall not affect suits commenced before
the date of the enactment of this Act, and in all
such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken,
and judgments rendered in the same manner and
with the same effect as if this section had not been
enacted.
(3) SUITS INVOLVING COUNCIL OR OFFICE.—
No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by
or against an entity terminated pursuant to an
amendment or repeal made by this section, or by or
against any individual in the official capacity of such
individual as an officer or employee of such an en-
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tity, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this
section.
SEC. 17008. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION CEN-
TERS.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 112 of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 760),
which authorized the establishment of a network of Fed-
eral information centers, is repealed.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in the first section of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) is
amended by striking the item relating to section 112.
Subtitle B—Legislative Branch
Reductions
SEC. 17101. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF EXEC-
UTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount obligated by each of-
fice in the Executive Office of the President during fiscal
year 1996 for overhead expenses shall not exceed an
amount sufficient to reduce outlays for such expenses dur-
ing such fiscal year (as compared to such outlays during
fiscal year 1995) by 25 percent.
(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
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within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
SEC. 17102. FORMULA FOR DETERMINING OFFICIAL MAIL
ALLOWANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 311(e)(2)(B)(i) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C.
59e(e)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting
‘‘1.5’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply with respect to sessions of Con-
gress beginning with the first session of the One Hundred
Fourth Congress.
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SEC. 17103. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS PROHIBITED.
Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)(2)), is amended by
striking ‘‘Official Mail Costs’’,’’.
SEC. 17104. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF AUTOMATIC PAY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601(a) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) No rate of pay shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment which, but for this paragraph, would take ef-
fect under paragraph (2) on or after January 1, 1997,
and before January 1, 2002.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2)(A) of
section 601(a) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘Sub-
ject to subparagraph (B),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub-
paragraph (B) and paragraph (3),’’.
Subtitle C—Executive Branch
Reductions
SEC. 17201. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF EXEC-
UTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount obligated by each of-
fice in the Executive Office of the President during fiscal
year 1996 for overhead expenses shall not exceed an
amount sufficient to reduce outlays for such expenses dur-
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ing such fiscal year (as compared to such outlays during
fiscal year 1995) by 25 percent.
(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
SEC. 17202. SES ANNUAL LEAVE ACCUMULATION.
(a) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6304(f) of title 5,
United States Code, is repealed, effective as of the
last day of the last applicable pay period beginning
in the calendar year in which this Act is enacted.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
6304(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
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by striking ‘‘(e), (f), and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e) and
(g)’’, effective as of the date on which the amend-
ment made by paragraph (1) takes effect.
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Annual leave in excess of
the amount allowable under subsection (a) or (b) of sec-
tion 6304 of title 5, United States Code, which was accu-
mulated under section 6304(f) of such title by an employee
who becomes subject to such subsection (a) or (b) as a
result of this section shall remain to the credit of the em-
ployee and be subject to reduction in the same manner
as provided in section 6304(c) of such title.
SEC. 17203. LIMITATION RELATING TO POLITICAL AP-
POINTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The average total number of polit-
ical appointees in the executive branch during 1997, and
each subsequent calendar year, may not exceed 2,000 (de-
termined on a full-time equivalent basis).
(b) BASIS
FOR DETERMINING COMPLIANCE.—For
purposes of applying the limitation under subsection (a),
the average total number of political appointees in the ex-
ecutive branch during any calendar year shall be deter-
mined on the basis of the numbers of such appointees,
as set forth in the budget for the United States Govern-
ment submitted by the President to the Congress for the
first fiscal year beginning after such calendar year.
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(c) RESTRICTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
considered to permit or require—
(1) the termination of an individual’s appoint-
ment to a position established by law; or
(2) that any position referred to in paragraph
(1) remain unfilled.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘political appointee in the execu-
tive branch’’ means a political appointee serving in
or under an Executive agency;
(2) the term ‘‘political appointee’’ means—
(A) an employee whose appointment is
made by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate;
(B) an employee whose position is excepted
from the competitive service by reason of its
confidential, policy-determining, policy-making,
or policy-advocating character; and
(C) a noncareer appointee in the Senior
Executive 
Service 
(as 
defined 
in 
section
3132(b)(7) of title 5, United States Code) or in
any other senior executive service;
(3) the term ‘‘employee’’ has the meaning given
such term by section 2105 of title 5, United States
Code;
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(4) the term ‘‘competitive service’’ has the
meaning given such term by section 2102 of title 5,
United States Code; and
(5) the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 105 of title 5, United
States Code, but does not include the General Ac-
counting Office.
Subtitle D—Specific Program
Reforms
SEC. 17301. DECREASE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAM-
PAIGN FUND CHECK-OFF.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6096(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to designation by individ-
uals) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$3’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘$1’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘$6’’ and inserting ‘‘$2’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to tax returns re-
quired to be filed after December 31, 1995.
SEC. 17302. MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUI-
SITION OF NEW FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—After the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and before October 1, 1998, the Adminis-
trator of General Services may not obligate any funds for
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construction or acquisition of any public building under
the authority of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 or any
other provision of law (other than a public building under
construction or under contract for acquisition on such date
of enactment).
(b) PUBLIC BUILDING DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘‘public building’’ has the meaning such term has
under the Public Buildings Act of 1959.
SEC. 17303. TERMINATION OF ANNUAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE
TO NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No annual payment may be made
under section 701, 702, or 704 of the Covenant to Estab-
lish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in
Political Union with the United States of America (48
U.S.C. 1681 note), for any fiscal year beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 1995.
(b) ELIMINATION OF 7-YEAR EXTENSIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Act of March 24, 1976
(90 Stat. 263; 16 U.S.C. 1681 note) is amended by
striking sections 3 and 4.
(2) CONFORMING CHANGES.—Section 5 of the
Act of March 24, 1976 (90 Stat. 263; 16 U.S.C.
1681 note) is amended—
(A) by redesignating the section as section
3;
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(B) by striking ‘‘agreement identified in
section 3 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Agreement
of the Special Representatives on Future
United States Financial Assistance for the Gov-
ernment of the Northern Mariana Islands, exe-
cuted June 10, 1985, between the special rep-
resentative of the President of the United
States and the special representatives of the
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands’’;
and
(C) by striking ‘‘Interior and Insular Af-
fairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Resources’’.
SEC. 17304. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
AND PRINTING IMPROVEMENT.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—
(1) PUBLIC PRINTER.—The position of Public
Printer and all functions of the position of Public
Printer (other than functions of the Superintendent
of Documents) under title 44, United States Code,
or any other provision of law are transferred from
the legislative branch of the Government to the exec-
utive branch of the Government.
(2) SUPERINTENDENT
OF
DOCUMENTS.—The
position of Superintendent of Documents and all
functions of the position of Superintendent of Docu-
1180
ments under title 44, United States Code, or any
other provision of law are transferred to the Library
of Congress and shall be carried out by the Super-
intendent of Documents under the direction of the
Librarian of Congress. The Superintendent of Docu-
ments shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleas-
ure of, the Librarian of Congress.
(3) REVOCATION OF CHARTERS.—All printing
plant charters authorized under section 501 of title
44, United States Code, are revoked.
(4) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The transfer under
paragraph (1) and the revocation under paragraph
(3) shall each take effect 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act. The transfer under para-
graph (2) shall take effect one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(b) GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS TO BE AVAILABLE
THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNMENT.—All Government pub-
lications shall be available throughout the Government to
any department, agency, or entity of the Government for
use or redissemination.
(c) INVENTORY AND FURNISHING OF GOVERNMENT
PUBLICATIONS.—Each department, agency, and other en-
tity of the Government shall—
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(1) establish and maintain a comprehensive in-
ventory of its Government publications;
(2) make such inventory available through the
electronic directory under chapter 41 of title 44,
United States Code; and
(3) in the form and manner prescribed by the
Superintendent of Documents, furnish its Govern-
ment publications to the Superintendent of Docu-
ments.
(d) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLIC
PRINTER.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Public Printer shall,
with respect to the executive branch of the Govern-
ment and the judicial branch of the Government—
(A) use all necessary measures to remedy
neglect, delay, duplication, and waste in the
public printing and binding of Government pub-
lications, including the reduction and elimi-
nation of internal printing and high-speed du-
plicating capacities of departments, agencies,
and entities;
(B) 
prescribe 
Government 
publishing
standards, which, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, shall be consistent with the United
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States Government Printing Office Style Man-
ual;
(C) prescribe Government procurement
and manufacturing requirements for printing
paper and writing paper, which, to the greatest
extent practicable, shall be consistent with Gov-
ernment Paper Specification Standards;
(D) authorize the acquisition and transfer
of equipment requisitioned by publishing facili-
ties authorized under section 501 of title 44,
United States Code;
(E) authorize the disposal of such equip-
ment pursuant to section 312 of title 44,
United States Code; and
(F) establish policy for the acquisition of
printing, which, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, shall be consistent with (i) Printing
Procurement 
Regulation 
(GPO 
Publication
305.3), (ii) Government Printing and Binding
Regulations (JCP No. 26), and (ii) Printing
Procurement 
Department 
Instruction
(PP304.1B).
(2) POLICY STANDARDS.—The policy referred
to in paragraph (1)(F) shall be formulated to maxi-
mize competitive procurement from the private sec-
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tor. Government in-house printing and duplicating
operations authorized under section 501 of title 44,
United States Code, or otherwise authorized by law,
may be used if they provide printing at the lowest
cost to the Government, taking into consideration
the total expense of production, materials, labor,
equipment, and general and administrative expense,
including all levels of overhead.
(e) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPER-
INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.—
(1) GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS TO BE FUR-
NISHED
TO
THE
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
DOCU-
MENTS.—If a department, agency, or other entity of
the Government publishes a Government publication,
the head of the department, agency, or entity shall
furnish the Government publication to the Super-
intendent of Documents not later than the date of
release of the material to the public.
(2) DISSEMINATION
OR
REPUBLICATION.—In
addition to any other dissemination provided for by
law, the Superintendent of Documents shall dissemi-
nate or republish Government publications, if, as de-
termined by the Superintendent, the dissemination
by the department, agency, or entity of the Govern-
ment is inadequate. The Superintendent shall have
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authority to carry out the preceding sentence by ap-
propriate means, including the dissemination and re-
publication of Government publications furnished
under paragraph (1), with the cost of dissemination
and republication to be borne by the department,
agency, or entity involved.
(3) COST.—The cost charged to the public by
the superintendent of documents under paragraph
(2) for any government publication (whether such
government publication is made available to the pub-
lic by a department, agency, or entity of the govern-
ment, or by the superintendent of documents) may
include the incremental cost of dissemination, but
may not include any profit.
(f) DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES.—In addition to any
other distribution provided for by law, the Superintendent
of Documents shall make Government publications avail-
able to designated depository libraries and State libraries.
The Superintendent shall have authority to carry out the
preceding sentence by appropriate means, including the
dissemination and republication of Government publica-
tions furnished under subsection (e)(1), with the cost of
dissemination and republication to be borne by the depart-
ment, agency, or entity involved.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘Government publication’’ means
any informational matter that is published at Gov-
ernment expense, or as required by law; and
(2) the term ‘‘publish’’ means, with respect to
informational matter, make available for dissemina-
tion.
SEC. 17305. REPEAL OF TRANSITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE POST OFFICE
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2004 of title 39, United
States Code, is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2003(e)(2)
of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘sections 2401
and 2004’’ both places it appears and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘section 2401’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 12 of such title is amended
by striking out the item relating to section 2004.
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