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‘‘(A) compare information in the National Directory
of New Hires against information in the support case
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 comparison reveals
a match with respect to an individual, report the informa-
tion to the State agency responsible for the case.
‘‘(3) INFORMATION
COMPARISONS
AND
DISCLOSURES
OF
INFORMATION IN ALL REGISTRIES FOR TITLE IV PROGRAM PUR-
POSES.—To the extent and with the frequency that the Sec-
retary determines to be effective in assisting States to carry
out their responsibilities under programs operated under this
part and programs funded under part A, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) compare the information in each component of
the Federal Parent Locator Service maintained under this
section against the information in each other such compo-
nent (other than the comparison required by paragraph
(2)), and report instances in which such a comparison
reveals a match with respect to an individual to State
agencies operating such programs; and
‘‘(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 determine the accuracy of payments under the supplemental
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 pursuant to section 453A(b)
for research purposes found by the Secretary to be likely to
contribute to achieving 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 Commissioner in performing the verification
services described in subsection (j).
‘‘(2) FOR INFORMATION FROM STATE DIRECTORIES OF NEW
HIRES.—The Secretary shall reimburse costs incurred by State
directories of new hires in furnishing information as required
by subsection (j)(3), at rates which the Secretary determines
to be reasonable (which rates shall not include payment for
the costs of obtaining, compiling, or maintaining such informa-
tion).
‘‘(3) FOR INFORMATION FURNISHED TO STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—A State or Federal agency that receives information
from the Secretary pursuant 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.—Information in the
Federal Parent Locator Service, and information resulting from
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comparisons using such information, shall not be used or disclosed
except as expressly provided in this section, subject to section
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
‘‘(m) INFORMATION INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.—The Secretary
shall establish and implement safeguards with respect to the enti-
ties established under this section designed to—
‘‘(1) ensure the accuracy and completeness of information
in the Federal Parent Locator Service; and
‘‘(2) restrict access to confidential information in the Fed-
eral Parent Locator Service to authorized persons, and restrict
use of such information to authorized purposes.
‘‘(n) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPORTING.—Each department,
agency, and instrumentality of the United States shall on a quar-
terly basis report to the Federal Parent Locator Service the name
and social security number of each employee and the wages paid
to the employee during the previous quarter, except that such
a report shall not be filed with respect to an employee of a depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality performing intelligence or counter-
intelligence functions, if the head of such department, agency, or
instrumentality has determined that filing such a report could
endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing
investigation or intelligence mission.’’.
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) TO PART D OF TITLE IV OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
(A) 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;’’.
(B) Section 454(13) (42 U.S.C. 654(13)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘and provide that information requests by
parents who are residents of other States be treated with
the same priority as requests by parents who are residents
of the State submitting the plan’’ before the semicolon.
(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, Education, and
Welfare’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘such information’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘information furnished
under subparagraph (A) or (B) is used only for the purposes
authorized under such subparagraph;’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A);
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C); and
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) wage and unemployment compensation informa-
tion contained in the records of such agency shall be fur-
nished to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(in accordance with regulations promulgated by such Sec-
retary) as necessary for the purposes of the National Direc-
tory 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.—Subsection (h) of section 303 (42 U.S.C.
503) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(h)(1) The State agency charged with the administration of
the State law shall, on a reimbursable basis—
‘‘(A) disclose quarterly, to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services wage and claim information, as required
pursuant to section 453(i)(1), contained in the records of such
agency;
‘‘(B) ensure that information provided pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) meets such standards relating to correctness and
verification as the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of Labor, may find nec-
essary; and
‘‘(C) establish such safeguards as the Secretary of Labor
determines are necessary to insure that information disclosed
under subparagraph (A) is used only for purposes of section
453(i)(1) in carrying out the child support enforcement program
under title IV.
‘‘(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable notice
and opportunity for hearing to the State agency charged with the
administration of the State law, finds that there is a failure to
comply substantially with the requirements of paragraph (1), the
Secretary of Labor shall notify such State agency that further
payments will not be made to the State until the Secretary of
Labor is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure. Until
the Secretary of Labor is so satisfied, the Secretary shall make
no future certification to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect
to the State.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘wage information’ means information regard-
ing wages paid to an individual, the social security account
number of such individual, and the name, address, State, and
the Federal employer identification number of the employer
paying such wages to such individual; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘claim information’ means information regard-
ing whether an individual is receiving, has received, or has
made application for, unemployment compensation, the amount
of any such compensation being received (or to be received
by such individual), and the individual’s current (or most
recent) home address.’’.
(4) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO AGENTS OF
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 6103(l) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disclosure
of return information to Federal, State, and local child
support enforcement agencies) is amended by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE
TO
CERTAIN
AGENTS.—The address
and social security account number (or numbers) of an
individual with respect to any individual with respect to
whom child support obligations are sought to be established
or enforced may be disclosed by any child support enforce-
ment agency to any agent of such agency which is under
contract with such agency to carry out the purposes
described in subparagraph (C).’’
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(i) Paragraph (3) of section 6103(a) of such Code
is amended by striking ‘‘(l)(12)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (6) or (12) of subsection (l)’’.
(ii) Subparagraph (C) of section 6103(l)(6) of such
Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(C) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—Information may
be disclosed under this paragraph only for purposes of,
and to the extent necessary in, establishing and collecting
child support obligations from, and locating, individuals
owing such obligations.’’
(iii) The material following subparagraph (F) of
section 6103(p)(4) of such Code is amended by striking
‘‘subsection (l)(12)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (6)(A)
or (12)(B) of subsection (l)’’.
SEC. 12317. COLLECTION AND USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
FOR USE IN CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.
(a) STATE
LAW
REQUIREMENT.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by section 12315 of this Act, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(13) RECORDING OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS IN CERTAIN
FAMILY MATTERS.—Procedures requiring that the social security
number of—
‘‘(A) any applicant for a professional license, commer-
cial driver’s license, occupational license, or marriage
license be recorded on the application;
‘‘(B) any individual who is subject to a divorce decree,
support order, or paternity determination or acknowledg-
ment be placed in the records relating to the matter; and
‘‘(C) any individual who has died be placed in the
records relating to the death and be recorded on the death
certificate.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), if a State allows the use
of a number other than the social security number, the State
shall so advise any applicants.’’.
(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 sentence the
following: ‘‘In the administration of any law involving the issu-
ance 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 involved, the
social security number of the party.’’;
(3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or marriage certificate’’ after
‘‘Such numbers shall not be recorded on the birth certificate’’.
(4) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’;
and
(5) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
‘‘(x) An agency of a State (or a political subdivision
thereof) charged with the administration of any law
concerning the issuance or renewal of a license, certifi-