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‘‘(i) the individual intended to dispose of the re-
sources at fair market value;
‘‘(ii) the resources were transferred exclusively
for a purpose other than to qualify for benefits under
this title;
‘‘(iii) all resources transferred for less than fair
market value have been returned to the individual; or
‘‘(iv) the denial of eligibility would work an
undue hardship on the individual (as determined on
the basis of criteria established by the Commissioner
in regulations).
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, in the case of
a resource held by an individual in common with another
person or persons in a joint tenancy, tenancy in common,
or similar arrangement, the resource (or the affected portion
of such resource) shall be considered to be disposed of by
such individual when any action is taken, either by such
individual or by any other person, that reduces or elimi-
nates such individual’s ownership or control of such re-
source.
‘‘(D)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), this sub-
section shall not apply to a transfer of a resource to a trust
if the portion of the trust attributable to such resource is
considered a resource available to the individual pursuant
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to subsection (e)(3) (or would be so considered, but for the
application of subsection (e)(4)).
‘‘(ii) In the case of a trust established by an individual
(within the meaning of paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (e)),
if from such portion of the trust (if any) that is considered
a resource available to the individual pursuant to para-
graph (3) of such subsection (or would be so considered but
for the application of paragraph (2) of such subsection) or
the residue of such portion upon the termination of the
trust—
‘‘(I) there is made a payment other than to or
for the benefit of the individual, or
‘‘(II) no payment could under any circumstance
be made to the individual,
then the payment described in subclause (I) or the fore-
closure of payment described in subclause (II) shall be con-
sidered a disposal of resources by the individual subject to
this subsection, as of the date of such payment or fore-
closure, respectively.
‘‘(2)(A) At the time an individual (and the individ-
ual’s eligible spouse, if any) applies for benefits under this
title, and at the time the eligibility of an individual (and
such spouse, if any) for such benefits is redetermined, the
Commissioner of Social Security shall—
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‘‘(i) inform such individual of the provisions of
paragraph (1) providing for a period of ineligibility
for benefits under this title for individuals who make
certain dispositions of resources for less than fair
market value, and inform such individual that infor-
mation obtained pursuant to clause (ii) will be made
available to the State agency administering a State
plan under title XXI (as provided in subparagraph
(B)); and
‘‘(ii) obtain from such individual information
which may be used in determining whether or not a
period of ineligibility for such benefits would be re-
quired by reason of paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) The Commissioner of Social Security shall make
the information obtained under subparagraph (A)(ii) avail-
able, on request, to any State agency administering a State
plan approved under title XXI.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘trust’ includes any legal instru-
ment or device that is similar to a trust; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘benefits under this title’ includes
supplementary payments pursuant to an agreement
for Federal administration under section 1616(a),
and payments pursuant to an agreement entered into
under section 212(b) of Public Law 93–66.’’.
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this subsection shall be effective with respect to trans-
fers of resources for less than fair market value that
occur at least 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(b) TREATMENT OF ASSETS HELD IN TRUST.—
(1) TREATMENT
AS
RESOURCE.—Section 1613
(42 U.S.C. 1382) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘TRUSTS
‘‘(e)(1) In determining the resources of an individual
who has not attained 18 years of age, the provisions of
paragraph (3) shall apply to a trust established by such
individual.
‘‘(2)(A) For purposes of this subsection, an individual
shall be considered to have established a trust if any assets
of the individual were transferred to the trust.
‘‘(B) In the case of an irrevocable trust to which the
assets of an individual and the assets of any other person
or persons were transferred, the provisions of this subsection
shall apply to the portion of the trust attributable to the
assets of the individual.
‘‘(C) This subsection shall apply without regard to—
‘‘(i) the purposes for which the trust is estab-
lished;
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‘‘(ii) whether the trustees have or exercise any
discretion under the trust;
‘‘(iii) any restrictions on when or whether dis-
tributions may be made from the trust; or
‘‘(iv) any restrictions on the use of distributions
from the trust.
‘‘(3)(A) In the case of a revocable trust, the corpus of
the trust shall be considered a resource available to the indi-
vidual.
‘‘(B) In the case of an irrevocable trust, if there are
any circumstances under which payment from the trust
could be made to or for the benefit of the individual, the
portion of the corpus from which payment to or for the bene-
fit of the individual could be made shall be considered a
resource available to the individual.
‘‘(4) The Commissioner may waive the application of
this subsection with respect to any individual if the Com-
missioner determines, on the basis of criteria prescribed in
regulations, that such application would work an undue
hardship on such individual.
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘trust’ includes any legal instru-
ment or device that is similar to a trust;
‘‘(B) the term ‘corpus’ means all property and
other interests held by the trust, including accumu-
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lated earnings and any other addition to such trust
after its establishment (except that such term does not
include any such earnings or addition in the month
in which such earnings or addition is credited or oth-
erwise transferred to the trust);
‘‘(C) the term ‘asset’ includes any income or re-
source of the individual, including—
‘‘(i) any income otherwise excluded by sec-
tion 1612(b);
‘‘(ii) any resource otherwise excluded by
this section; and
‘‘(iii) any other payment or property that
the individual is entitled to but does not receive
or have access to because of action by—
‘‘(I) such individual;
‘‘(II) a person or entity (including a
court) with legal authority to act in place
of, or on behalf of, such individual; or
‘‘(III) a person or entity (including a
court) acting at the direction of, or upon
the request of, such individual; and
‘‘(D) the term ‘benefits under this title’ includes
supplementary payments pursuant to an agreement
for Federal administration under section 1616(a),
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and payments pursuant to an agreement entered into
under section 212(b) of Public Law 93–66.’’.
(2) TREATMENT AS INCOME.—Section 1612(a)(2)
(42 U.S.C. 1382a(a)(2)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (E);
(B) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (F) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(G) any earnings of, and additions to, the
corpus of a trust (as defined in section 1613(f))
established by an individual (within the mean-
ing of paragraph (2)(A) of section 1613(e)) and
of which such individual is a beneficiary (other
than a trust to which paragraph (4) of such sec-
tion applies); except that in the case of an irrev-
ocable trust, there shall exist circumstances
under which payment from such earnings or ad-
ditions could be made to, or for the benefit of,
such individual.’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect on January 1,
1996, and shall apply to trusts established on or after
such date.
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(c) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH ACCOUNT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1631(a)(2) (42 U.S.C.
1383(a)(2)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F)
and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respec-
tively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(F)(i)(I) Each representative payee of an eligible in-
dividual under the age of 18 who is eligible for the payment
of benefits described in subclause (II) shall establish on be-
half of such individual an account in a financial institu-
tion into which such benefits shall be paid, and shall there-
after maintain such account for use in accordance with
clause (ii).
‘‘(II) Benefits described in this subclause are past-due
monthly benefits under this title (which, for purposes of this
subclause, include State supplementary payments made by
the Commissioner pursuant to an agreement under section
1616 or section 212(b) of Public Law 93–66) in an amount
(after any withholding by the Commissioner for reimburse-
ment to a State for interim assistance under subsection (g))
that exceeds the product of—
‘‘(aa) 6, and
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‘‘(bb) the maximum monthly benefit payable
under this title to an eligible individual.
‘‘(ii)(I) A representative payee may use funds in the
account established under clause (i) to pay for allowable
expenses described in subclause (II).
‘‘(II) An allowable expense described in this subclause
is an expense for—
‘‘(aa) education or job skills training;
‘‘(bb) personal needs assistance;
‘‘(cc) special equipment;
‘‘(dd) housing modification;
‘‘(ee) medical treatment;
‘‘(ff) therapy or rehabilitation; or
‘‘(gg) any other item or service that the Commis-
sioner determines to be appropriate;
provided that such expense benefits such individual and, in
the case of an expense described in division (cc), (dd), (ff),
or (gg), is related to the impairment (or combination of
impairments) of such individual.
‘‘(III) The use of funds from an account established
under clause (i) in any manner not authorized by this
clause—
‘‘(aa) by a representative payee shall constitute
misuse of benefits for all purposes of this paragraph,
and any representative payee who knowingly misuses
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benefits from such an account shall be liable to the
Commissioner in an amount equal to the total
amount of such misused benefits; and
‘‘(bb) by an eligible individual who is his or her
own representative payee shall be considered an over-
payment subject to recovery under subsection (b).
‘‘(IV) This clause shall continue to apply to funds in
the account after the child has reached age 18, regardless
of whether benefits are paid directly to the beneficiary or
through a representative payee.
‘‘(iii) The representative payee may deposit into the
account established pursuant to clause (i)—
‘‘(I) past-due benefits payable to the eligible in-
dividual in an amount less than that specified in
clause (i)(II), and
‘‘(II) 
any 
other 
funds 
representing 
an
underpayment under this title to such individual,
provided that the amount of such underpayment is
equal to or exceeds the maximum monthly benefit
payable under this title to an eligible individual.
‘‘(iv) The Commissioner of Social Security shall estab-
lish a system for accountability monitoring whereby such
representative payee shall report, at such time and in such
manner as the Commissioner shall require, on activity re-
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specting funds in the account established pursuant to clause
(i).’’.
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
RESOURCES.—Section
1613(a) (42 U.S.C. 1382b(a)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in the first paragraph (10), by striking
the period and inserting a semicolon;
(C) by redesignating the second paragraph
(10) as paragraph (11), and by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) the assets and accrued interest or other
earnings of any account established and maintained
in accordance with section 1631(a)(2)(F).’’.
(3) EXCLUSION FROM INCOME.—Section 1612(b)
(42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (19);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (20) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
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‘‘(21) the interest or other earnings on any ac-
count established and maintained in accordance with
section 1631(a)(2)(F).’’.
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to payments made after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 12214. REDUCTION IN CASH BENEFITS PAYABLE TO IN-
STITUTIONALIZED INDIVIDUALS WHOSE MED-
ICAL COSTS ARE COVERED BY PRIVATE IN-
SURANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1611(e)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C.
1382(e)(1)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘title XIX, or’’ and inserting
‘‘title XIX,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or, in the case of an eligible in-
dividual under the age of 18 receiving payments
(with respect to such individual) under any health in-
surance policy issued by a private provider of such
insurance’’ after ‘‘section 1614(f)(2)(B),’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this
section shall apply to benefits for months beginning 90 or
more days after the date of the enactment of this Act, with-
out regard to whether regulations have been issued to imple-
ment such amendments.
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SEC. 12215. REGULATIONS.
Within 3 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall prescribe
such regulations as may be necessary to implement the
amendments made by sections 12211, 12212, 12213, and
12214.
Subtitle C—Child Support
SEC. 12300. REFERENCE TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, where ever
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 section or
other provision of the Social Security Act.
CHAPTER 1—ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES;
DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS
SEC. 12301. 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 new paragraph:
‘‘(4) provide that the State will—
‘‘(A) provide services relating to the estab-
lishment of paternity or the establishment, modi-
fication, or enforcement of child support obliga-
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tions, as appropriate, under the plan with re-
spect to—
‘‘(i) each child for whom (I) assistance
is provided under the State program funded
under part A of this title, (II) benefits or
services for foster care maintenance and
adoption assistance are provided under the
State program funded under part B of this
title, or (III) medical assistance is provided
under the State plan approved under title
XXI, unless the State agency administering
the plan determines (in accordance with
paragraph (29)) that it is against the best
interests 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)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘provide that’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘provide that—’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(A) services under the plan shall be made
available to residents of other States on the same
terms as to residents of the State submitting the
plan;’’;
(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) CONTINUATION OF SERVICES FOR FAMILIES CEAS-
ING TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE STATE PRO-
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GRAM FUNDED UNDER PART A.—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 following
new paragraph:
‘‘(25) provide that if a family with respect to
which services are provided under the plan ceases to
receive assistance under the State program funded
under part A, the State shall provide appropriate no-
tice to the family and continue to provide such serv-
ices, subject to the same conditions and on the same
basis as in the case of other individuals to whom serv-
ices are furnished under the plan, except that an ap-
plication or other request to continue services shall
not be required of such a family and paragraph
(6)(B) shall not apply to the family.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 452(b) (42 U.S.C. 652(b)) is amend-
ed 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 section 454’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 454(4)’’.
SEC. 12302. 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 approved
under this part shall be distributed as follows:
‘‘(1) FAMILIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.—In the
case of a family receiving 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 AS-
SISTANCE.—In the case of a family that formerly re-
ceived 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 distrib-
ute the amount so collected as follows:
‘‘(i) DISTRIBUTION
OF
ARREARAGES
THAT ACCRUED AFTER THE FAMILY CEASED
TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(I) 
PRE-OCTOBER
1997.—The
provisions of this section (other than
subsection (b)(1)) as in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of
section 12302 of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Act of
1995 shall apply with respect to the
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distribution 
of 
support 
arrearages
that—
‘‘(aa) accrued after the fam-
ily ceased to receive assistance,
and
‘‘(bb) are collected before Oc-
tober 1, 1997.
‘‘(II) POST-SEPTEMBER
1997.—
With respect to amounts collected on or
after October 1, 1997—
‘‘(aa) 
IN
GENERAL.—The
State shall distribute any amount
collected (other than amounts de-
scribed in clause (iv)) to the fam-
ily to the extent necessary to sat-
isfy any support arrearages with
respect to the family that accrued
after the family ceased to receive
assistance from the State.
‘‘(bb) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
GOVERNMENTS
FOR
ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED
TO
THE
FAMILY.—To
the extent that division (aa) does
not apply to the amount, the
State shall retain the State share
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of the amount so collected, and
pay to the Federal Government
the Federal share (as defined in
subsection 
(c)(2)(A)) 
of 
the
amount so collected, to the extent
necessary to reimburse amounts
paid to the family as assistance
by the State.
‘‘(cc) DISTRIBUTION OF THE
REMAINDER TO THE FAMILY.—To
the extent that neither division
(aa) nor division (bb) applies to
the amount so collected, the State
shall distribute the amount to the
family.
‘‘(ii) DISTRIBUTION
OF
ARREARAGES
THAT ACCRUED BEFORE THE FAMILY RE-
CEIVED ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(I) 
PRE-OCTOBER
2000.—The
provisions of this section (other than
subsection (b)(1)) as in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of
section 12302 of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Act of
1995 shall apply with respect to the
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distribution 
of 
support 
arrearages
that—
‘‘(aa) accrued before the fam-
ily received assistance, and
‘‘(bb) are collected before Oc-
tober 1, 2000.
‘‘(II) POST-SEPTEMBER
2000.—
Unless based on the report required by
paragraph (4), the Congress determines
otherwise, with respect to amounts col-
lected on or after October 1, 2000—
‘‘(aa) 
IN
GENERAL.—The
State shall first distribute any
amount 
collected 
(other 
than
amounts described in clause (iv))
to the family to the extent nec-
essary to satisfy any support ar-
rears with respect to the family
that accrued before the family re-
ceived assistance from the State .
‘‘(bb) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
GOVERNMENTS
FOR
ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED TO THE FAMILY.—The
State shall retain the State share
of the amounts so collected in ex-
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cess of those distributed pursuant
to division (aa) and pay to the
Federal Government the Federal
share (as defined in subsection
(c)(2)) of the amount so collected,
to the extent necessary to reim-
burse all or part of the amounts
paid to the family as assistance
by the State.
‘‘(cc) DISTRIBUTION OF THE
REMAINDER TO THE FAMILY.—To
the extent that neither division
(aa) nor division (bb) applies to
the amount so collected, the State
shall distribute the amount to the
family.
‘‘(iii) DISTRIBUTION OF ARREARAGES
THAT
ACCRUED
WHILE
THE
FAMILY
RE-
CEIVED ASSISTANCE.—In the case of a fam-
ily described in this subparagraph, the pro-
visions of paragraph (1) shall apply with
respect to the distribution of support arrear-
ages that accrued while the family received
assistance.
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‘‘(iv) AMOUNTS COLLECTED PURSUANT
TO
SECTION
464.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, any amount
of support collected pursuant to section 464
shall be retained by the State to the extent
necessary to reimburse amounts paid to the
family as assistance by the State. The State
shall pay to the Federal Government the
Federal share of the amounts so retained.
To the extent the amount collected pursuant
to section 464 exceeds the amount so re-
tained, the State shall distribute the excess
to the family.
‘‘(v) ORDERING RULES FOR DISTRIBU-
TIONS.—For purposes of this subparagraph,
the State shall treat any support arrearages
collected as accruing in the following order:
‘‘(I) to the period after the family
ceased to receive assistance;
‘‘(II) to the period before the fam-
ily received assistance; and
‘‘(III) to the period while the fam-
ily was receiving assistance.
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‘‘(3) FAMILIES THAT NEVER RECEIVED ASSIST-
ANCE.—In the case of any other family, the State
shall distribute the amount so collected to the family.
‘‘(4) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 1998, the Secretary shall report to the Congress
the Secretary’s findings with respect to—
‘‘(A) whether the distribution of post-assist-
ance arrearages to families has been effective in
moving people off of welfare and keeping them
off of welfare;
‘‘(B) whether early implementation of a
pre-assistance arrearage program by some states
has been effective in moving people off of welfare
and keeping them off of welfare;
‘‘(C) what the overall impact has been of the
amendments made by the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Act of 1995 with re-
spect to child support enforcement in moving
people off of welfare and keeping them off of wel-
fare; and
‘‘(D) based on the information and data the
Secretary has obtained, what changes, if any,
should be made in the policies related to the dis-
tribution of child support arrearages.
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‘‘(b) CONTINUATION OF ASSIGNMENTS.—Any rights to
support obligations, which were assigned to a State as a
condition of receiving assistance from the State under part
A and which were in effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity Act of 1995, shall remain assigned after such
date.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in subsection (a):
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘assistance from
the State’ means—
‘‘(A) assistance under the State program
funded under part A or under the State plan ap-
proved under part A of this title (as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Act of 1995); or
‘‘(B) benefits under the State plan approved
under part E of this title (as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of
1995).
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The term ‘Federal share’
means—
‘‘(A) if the amounts collected and retained
by the State (to the extent necessary to reimburse
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amounts paid to families as assistance by the
State) are equal to or greater than such amounts
collected in fiscal year 1995 (reduced by amounts
not retained by the State in fiscal year 1995 as
a result of the application of subsection (b)(1) of
this section as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Act of 1995), the highest
Federal medical assistance percentage in effect
for the State in fiscal year 1995 or any succeed-
ing year of the amount so collected; or
‘‘(B) if the amounts so collected and re-
tained by the State are less than such amounts
collected in fiscal year 1995 (reduced by amounts
not retained by the State in fiscal year 1995 as
a result of the application of subsection (b)(1) of
this section as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Act of 1995), the
amounts so collected and retained less the State
share in fiscal year 1995.
‘‘(3) FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENT-
AGE.—The term ‘Federal medical assistance percent-
age’ means—
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‘‘(A) the Federal medical assistance percent-
age (as defined in section 1118), in the case of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and
American Samoa; or
‘‘(B) the Federal medical assistance percent-
age (as defined in section 2122(c)) in the case of
any other State.
‘‘(4) STATE
SHARE.—The term ‘State share’
means 100 percent minus the Federal share.
‘‘(d) 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 pro-
vide appropriate notice to the family and continue to pro-
vide 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 shall not be required
of such a family and section 454(6)(B) shall not apply to
the family.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 464(a)(1) (42
U.S.C. 664(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 457(b)(4)
or (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 457’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall be effective on October 1, 1996, or earlier at
the State’s option.
SEC. 12303. PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by section 12301(b) 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 following
new paragraph:
‘‘(26) 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—
‘‘(A) safeguards against unauthorized use or
disclosure of information relating to proceedings
or actions to establish paternity, or to establish
or enforce support;
‘‘(B) prohibitions against the release of in-
formation on the whereabouts of 1 party to an-
other party against whom a protective order
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with respect to the former party has been en-
tered; and
‘‘(C) prohibitions against the release of in-
formation on the whereabouts of 1 party to an-
other 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 sub-
section (a) shall become effective on October 1, 1997.
CHAPTER 2—LOCATE AND CASE
TRACKING
SEC. 12311. STATE CASE REGISTRY.
Section 454A, as added by section 12344(a)(2) of this
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsections:
‘‘(e) STATE CASE REGISTRY.—
‘‘(1) CONTENTS.—The automated system re-
quired by this section shall include a registry (which
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
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‘‘(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 in-
formation network, subject to this section.
‘‘(3) USE OF STANDARDIZED DATA ELEMENTS.—
Such records shall use standardized data elements for
both parents (such as names, social security 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
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 arrearages, interest or late
payment penalties, and fees) due or overdue
under the order;
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‘‘(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—
‘‘(A) information on administrative actions
and administrative and judicial proceedings and
orders relating to paternity and support;
‘‘(B) information obtained from comparison
with Federal, State, or local sources of informa-
tion;
‘‘(C) information on support collections and
distributions; and
‘‘(D) any other relevant information.
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‘‘(f) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND OTHER DISCLO-
SURES OF INFORMATION.—The State shall use the auto-
mated system required by this section to extract informa-
tion from (at such times, and in such standardized format
or formats, as may be required by the Secretary), to share
and compare information with, and to receive information
from, other data bases and information comparison serv-
ices, 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 informa-
tion comparison activities shall include the following:
‘‘(1) FEDERAL CASE REGISTRY OF CHILD SUP-
PORT ORDERS.—Furnishing to the Federal Case Reg-
istry of Child Support Orders established under sec-
tion 453(h) (and update as necessary, with informa-
tion including notice of expiration of orders) the min-
imum amount of information on child support cases
recorded in the State case registry that is necessary
to operate the registry (as specified by the Secretary
in regulations).
‘‘(2) FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.—Ex-
changing information with the Federal Parent Loca-
tor Service for the purposes specified in section 453.
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‘‘(3) TEMPORARY
FAMILY
ASSISTANCE
AND
MEDIGRANT
AGENCIES.—Exchanging 
information
with State agencies (of the State and of other States)
administering programs funded under part A, pro-
grams operated under State plans under title XXI,
and other programs designated by the Secretary, as
necessary to perform State agency responsibilities
under this part and under such programs.
‘‘(4) INTRASTATE AND INTERSTATE INFORMATION
COMPARISONS.—Exchanging information with other
agencies of the State, agencies of other States, and
interstate information networks, as necessary and ap-
propriate to carry out (or assist other States to carry
out) the purposes of this part.’’.
SEC. 12312. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF SUPPORT
PAYMENTS.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 12301(b) and 12303(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 following
new paragraph:
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‘‘(27) 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.’’.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
STATE
DISBURSEMENT
UNIT.—Part D of title IV (42 U.S.C. 651–669), as amended
by section 12344(a)(2) of this Act, is amended by inserting
after section 454A the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 454B. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF SUPPORT
PAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to meet
the requirements of this section, the State agency
must establish and operate a unit (which shall be
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known as the ‘State disbursement unit’) for the collec-
tion and disbursement of payments under support or-
ders in all cases being enforced by the State pursuant
to section 454(4).
‘‘(2) OPERATION.—The State disbursement unit
shall be operated—
‘‘(A) directly by the State agency (or 2 or
more State agencies under a regional cooperative
agreement), or (to the extent appropriate) by a
contractor responsible directly to the State agen-
cy; and
‘‘(B) in coordination with the automated
system established by the State pursuant to sec-
tion 454A.
‘‘(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 sec-
tion, if the Secretary agrees that the system will not
cost more nor take more time to establish or operate
than a centralized system. In addition, employers
shall be given 1 location to which income withholding
is sent.
‘‘(b) REQUIRED PROCEDURES.—The State disburse-
ment unit shall use automated procedures, electronic proc-
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esses, and computer-driven technology to the maximum ex-
tent feasible, efficient, and economical, for the collection and
disbursement of support payments, including procedures—
‘‘(1) for receipt of payments from parents, em-
ployers, and other States, and for disbursements to
custodial parents and other obligees, the State agency,
and the agencies of other States;
‘‘(2) for accurate identification of payments;
‘‘(3) to ensure prompt disbursement of the custo-
dial parent’s share of any payment; and
‘‘(4) to furnish to any parent, upon request,
timely information on the current status of support
payments under an order requiring payments to be
made by or to the parent.
‘‘(c) TIMING OF DISBURSEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the State disbursement 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 sufficient information
identifying the payee is provided.
‘‘(2) PERMISSIVE RETENTION OF ARREARAGES.—
The State disbursement unit may delay the distribu-
tion of collections toward arrearages until the resolu-
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tion of any timely appeal with respect to such arrear-
ages.
‘‘(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 12344(a)(2) and as amended by section
12311 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(g) COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT
PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State shall use the auto-
mated system required by this section, to the maxi-
mum extent feasible, to assist and facilitate the collec-
tion and disbursement of support payments through
the State disbursement unit operated under section
454B, through the performance of functions, includ-
ing, at a minimum—
‘‘(A) transmission of orders and notices to
employers (and other debtors) for the withholding
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
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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 pursuant
to section 466(c)) if payments are not timely
made.
‘‘(2) BUSINESS DAY DEFINED.—As used in para-
graph (1), the term ‘business day’ means a day on
which State offices are open for regular business.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall become effective on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 12313. STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 12301(b), 12303(a)
and 12312(a) of this Act, is amended—
(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
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(3) by adding after paragraph (27) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(28) 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 new section:
‘‘SEC. 453A. STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT
FOR
STATES
THAT
HAVE NO DIRECTORY.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), not later than October 1,
1997, each State shall establish an automated di-
rectory (to be known as the ‘State Directory of
New Hires’) which shall contain information
supplied in accordance with subsection (b) by
employers on each newly hired employee.
‘‘(B) STATES WITH NEW HIRE REPORTING
IN EXISTENCE.—A State which has a new hire
reporting law in existence on the date of the en-
actment of this section may continue to operate
under the State law, but the State must meet the
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requirements of this section (other than sub-
section (f)) not later than October 1, 1997.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(A) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’—
‘‘(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 intel-
ligence or counterintelligence functions, if
the head of such agency has determined that
reporting pursuant to paragraph (1) with
respect to the employee could endanger the
safety of the employee or compromise an on-
going investigation or intelligence mission.
‘‘(B) EMPLOYER.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘em-
ployer’ has the meaning given such term in
section 3401(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1996 and includes any govern-
mental entity and any labor organization.
‘‘(ii) 
LABOR
ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘labor organization’ shall have the
meaning given such term in section 2(5) of
the National Labor Relations Act, and in-
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cludes any entity (also known as a ‘hiring
hall’) which is used by the organization and
an employer to carry out requirements de-
scribed in section 8(f)(3) of such Act of an
agreement between the organization and the
employer.
‘‘(b) EMPLOYER INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), 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 so-
cial security number of the employee, and the
name of, and identifying number assigned under
section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to, the employer.
‘‘(B) MULTISTATE
EMPLOYERS.—An em-
ployer that has employees who are employed in
2 or more States and that transmits reports
magnetically or electronically may comply with
subparagraph (A) by designating 1 State in
which such employer has employees to which the
employer will transmit the report described in
subparagraph (A), and transmitting such report
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to such State. Any employer that transmits re-
ports pursuant to this subparagraph shall notify
the Secretary in writing as to which State such
employer designates for the purpose of sending
reports.
‘‘(C) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYERS.—
Any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States shall comply with subpara-
graph (A) by transmitting the report described
in subparagraph (A) to the National Directory
of New Hires established pursuant to section
453.
‘‘(2) TIMING OF REPORT.—Each State may pro-
vide the time within which the report required by
paragraph (1) shall be made with respect to an em-
ployee, but such report shall be made not later than
20 days after the date the employer hires the em-
ployee.
‘‘(c) REPORTING FORMAT AND METHOD.—Each report
required by subsection (b) shall be made on a W–4 form
or, at the option of the employer, an equivalent form, and
may be transmitted by 1st class mail, magnetically, or elec-
tronically.
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‘‘(d) CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES ON NONCOMPLYING EM-
PLOYERS.—The State shall have the option to set a State
civil money penalty which shall be less than—
‘‘(1) $25; or
‘‘(2) $500 if, under State law, the failure is the
result of a conspiracy between the employer and the
employee to not supply the required report or to sup-
ply a false or incomplete report.
‘‘(e) ENTRY OF EMPLOYER INFORMATION.—Informa-
tion shall be entered into the data base maintained by the
State Directory of New Hires within 5 business days of re-
ceipt from an employer pursuant to subsection (b).
‘‘(f) INFORMATION COMPARISONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1, 1998,
an agency designated by the State shall, directly or
by contract, conduct automated comparisons of the so-
cial security numbers reported by employers pursuant
to subsection (b) and the social security numbers ap-
pearing 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 sup-
port order, the State Directory of New Hires shall
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provide the agency administering the State plan ap-
proved 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 as-
signed, and the name of, and identifying number as-
signed under section 6109 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to, the employer.
‘‘(g) TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) TRANSMISSION OF WAGE WITHHOLDING NO-
TICES TO EMPLOYERS.—Within 2 business days after
the date information regarding a newly hired em-
ployee 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 em-
ployer of the employee directing the employer to with-
hold from the wages of the employee an amount equal
to the monthly (or other periodic) child support obli-
gation (including any past due support obligation) of
the employee, unless the employee’s wages are not sub-
ject to withholding pursuant to section 466(b)(3).
‘‘(2) TRANSMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL DIREC-
TORY OF NEW HIRES.—
‘‘(A) NEW HIRE INFORMATION.—Within 3
business days after the date information regard-
ing a newly hired employee is entered into the
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State Directory of New Hires, the State Direc-
tory of New Hires shall furnish the information
to the National Directory of New Hires.
‘‘(B) WAGE
AND
UNEMPLOYMENT
COM-
PENSATION INFORMATION.—The State Directory
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 compensation paid to
individuals, by such dates, in such format, and
containing such information as the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall specify in reg-
ulations.
‘‘(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.
‘‘(h) OTHER USES OF NEW HIRE INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) LOCATION OF CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGORS.—
The agency administering the State plan approved
under this part shall use information received pursu-
ant to subsection (f)(2) to locate individuals for pur-
poses of establishing paternity and establishing, modi-
fying, and enforcing child support obligations.
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‘‘(2) VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN
PROGRAMS.—A State agency responsible for admin-
istering a program specified in section 1137(b) shall
have access to information reported by employers pur-
suant to subsection (b) of this section for purposes of
verifying eligibility for the program.
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION
OF
EMPLOYMENT
SECU-
RITY AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION.—State agencies
operating employment security and workers’ com-
pensation programs shall have access to information
reported by employers pursuant to subsection (b) for
the purposes of administering such programs.’’.
(c) 
QUARTERLY
WAGE
REPORTING.—Section
1137(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(including State and local gov-
ernmental entities and labor organizations (as defined
in section 453A(a)(2)(B)(iii))’’ after ‘‘employers’’;
and
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and except that no report
shall be filed with respect to an employee of a State
or local agency performing intelligence or counter-
intelligence functions, if the head of such agency has
determined that filing such a report could endanger
the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing
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investigation or intelligence mission’’ after ‘‘para-
graph (2)’’.
SEC. 12314. 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)(A) 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) Procedures under which the wages of a per-
son with a support obligation 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 withholding as
provided in subsection (b) if arrearages occur, without
the need for a judicial or administrative hearing.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’.
(B) Section 466(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(4))
is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(4)(A) Such withholding must be carried out in
full compliance with all procedural due process re-
quirements of the State, and the State must send no-
tice to each noncustodial parent to whom paragraph
(1) applies—
‘‘(i) that the withholding has commenced;
and
‘‘(ii) of the procedures to follow if the
noncustodial parent desires to contest such with-
holding on the grounds that the withholding or
the amount withheld is improper due to a mis-
take of fact.
‘‘(B) The notice under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph shall include the information provided to
the employer under paragraph (6)(A).’’.
(C) Section 466(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(5))
is amended by striking all that follows ‘‘adminis-
tered by’’ and inserting ‘‘the State through the
State disbursement unit established pursuant to
section 454B, in accordance with the require-
ments 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 ap-
propriate agency’’ and all that follows and
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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.
The employer shall comply with the proce-
dural rules relating to income withholding
of the State in which the employee works,
regardless of the State where the notice
originates.’’.
(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 following
new clause:
‘‘(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 ‘‘any
employer who—
‘‘(i) discharges from employment, refuses to
employ, or takes disciplinary action against any
noncustodial parent subject to wage withholding
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required by this subsection because of the exist-
ence of such withholding and the obligations or
additional obligations which it 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 new
paragraph:
‘‘(11) Procedures under which the agency admin-
istering the State plan approved under this part may
execute a withholding order without advance notice to
the obligor, including issuing the withholding order
through electronic means.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 466(c) (42
U.S.C. 666(c)) is repealed.
SEC. 12315. LOCATOR INFORMATION FROM INTERSTATE
NETWORKS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(12) LOCATOR INFORMATION FROM INTERSTATE
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
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locate an individual for purposes relating to motor
vehicles or law enforcement.’’.
SEC. 12316. EXPANSION OF THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCA-
TOR SERVICE.
(a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO LOCATE INDIVIDUALS
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
amount of, modifying, or enforcing child support obli-
gations, or enforcing child custody or visitation or-
ders—
‘‘(1) information on, or facilitating the discovery
of, the location of any individual—
‘‘(A) who is under an obligation to pay
child support or provide child custody or visita-
tion rights;
‘‘(B) against whom such an obligation is
sought;
‘‘(C) to whom such an obligation is owed,
including the individual’s social security number (or
numbers), most recent address, and the name, address,
and employer identification number of the individ-
ual’s employer;
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‘‘(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
‘‘(3) information on the type, status, location,
and amount of any assets of, or debts owed by or to,
any such individual.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘social security’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘absent parent’’ and inserting ‘‘informa-
tion described in subsection (a)’’; and
(B) in the flush paragraph at the end, by
adding the following: ‘‘No information shall be
disclosed to any person if the State has notified
the Secretary that the State has reasonable evi-
dence of domestic violence or child abuse and the
disclosure of such information could be harmful
to the custodial parent or the child of such par-
ent. Information received or transmitted pursu-
ant to this section shall be subject to the safe-
guard provisions contained in section 454(26).’’.
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSON FOR INFORMATION REGARD-
ING
VISITATION
RIGHTS.—Section 453(c) (42 U.S.C.
653(c)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘support’’ and
inserting ‘‘support or to seek to enforce orders provid-
ing child custody or visitation rights’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, or any agent
of such court; and’’ and inserting ‘‘or to issue an
order against a resident parent for child custody or
visitation rights, or any agent of such court;’’.
(c) 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 reasonable payment
for the information exchange (which amount shall not in-
clude payment for the costs of obtaining, compiling, or
maintaining the information)’’ before the period.
(d) REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPORTS BY STATE AGEN-
CIES.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPORTS BY STATE AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may reimburse Federal and State
agencies for the costs incurred by such entities in furnishing
information requested by the Secretary under this section
in an amount which the Secretary determines to be reason-
able payment for the information exchange (which amount
shall not include payment for the costs of obtaining, compil-
ing, or maintaining the information).’’.
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(e) CONFORMING 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 amended
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 ‘‘PARENT’’.
(f) NEW COMPONENTS.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653),
as amended by subsection (d) of this section, is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(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 Secretary 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 Or-
ders’), which shall contain abstracts of support orders
and other information described in paragraph (2)
with respect to each case in each State case registry
maintained pursuant to section 454A(e), as furnished
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(and regularly updated), pursuant to section 454A(f),
by State agencies 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 numbers,
and State case identification numbers) to identify the
individuals who owe or are owed support (or with re-
spect to or on behalf of whom support obligations 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, es-
tablish and maintain in the Federal Parent Locator
Service an automated directory to be known as the
National Directory of New Hires, which shall contain
the 
information 
supplied 
pursuant 
to 
section
453A(g)(2).
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‘‘(2) ENTRY OF DATA.—Information shall be en-
tered into the data base maintained by the National
Directory of New Hires within 2 business days of re-
ceipt pursuant to section 453A(g)(2).
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL TAX LAWS.—
The Secretary of the Treasury shall have access to the
information in the National Directory of New Hires
for purposes of administering section 32 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986, or the advance payment
of the earned income tax credit under section 3507 of
such Code, and verifying a claim with respect to em-
ployment in a tax return.
‘‘(4) LIST
OF
MULTISTATE
EMPLOYERS.—The
Secretary shall maintain within the National Direc-
tory of New Hires a list of multistate employers that
report information regarding newly hired employees
pursuant to section 453A(b)(1)(B), and the State
which each such employer has designated to receive
such information.
‘‘(j) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND OTHER DISCLO-
SURES.—
‘‘(1) VERIFICATION BY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN-
ISTRATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
transmit information on individuals and em-
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ployers maintained under this section to the So-
cial Security Administration to the extent nec-
essary for verification in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B).
‘‘(B) VERIFICATION
BY
SSA.—The Social
Security Administration shall verify the accu-
racy of, correct, or supply to the extent possible,
and report to the Secretary, the following infor-
mation supplied by the Secretary pursuant to
subparagraph (A):
‘‘(i) The name, social security number,
and birth date of each such individual.
‘‘(ii) The employer identification num-
ber of each such employer.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION COMPARISONS.—For the pur-
pose of locating individuals in a paternity establish-
ment 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
the support case abstracts in the Federal Case
Registry of Child Support Orders not less often
than every 2 business days; and
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‘‘(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 agen-
cy 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 respon-
sibilities under programs operated under this part
and programs funded under part A, the Secretary
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 comparison re-
veals 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 Na-
tional Directory of New Hires shall provide the Com-
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missioner of Social Security with all information in
the National Directory, which shall be used to deter-
mine 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 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 Commis-
sioner in performing the verification services de-
scribed in subsection (j).
‘‘(2) FOR
INFORMATION
FROM
STATE
DIREC-
TORIES OF NEW HIRES.—The Secretary shall reim-
burse 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
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the costs of obtaining, compiling, or maintaining such
information).
‘‘(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 informa-
tion, at rates which the Secretary determines to be
reasonable (which rates shall include payment for the
costs of obtaining, verifying, maintaining, and com-
paring the information).
‘‘(l) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE AND USE.—Infor-
mation in the Federal Parent Locator Service, and infor-
mation resulting from comparisons using such information,
shall not be used or disclosed except as expressly provided
in this section, subject to section 6103 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986.
‘‘(m) INFORMATION INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.—The
Secretary shall establish and implement safeguards with re-
spect to the entities established under this section designed
to—
‘‘(1) ensure the accuracy and completeness of in-
formation in the Federal Parent Locator Service; and
‘‘(2) restrict access to confidential information in
the Federal Parent Locator Service to authorized per-
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sons, and restrict use of such information to author-
ized purposes.
‘‘(n) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPORTING.—Each de-
partment, agency, and instrumentality of the United States
shall on a quarterly basis report to the Federal Parent Lo-
cator 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 department, agency, or
instrumentality performing intelligence or counterintel-
ligence 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 SE-
CURITY 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 es-
tablished under section 453;’’.
(B) Section 454(13) (42 U.S.C.654(13)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘and provide that infor-
mation requests by parents who are residents of
other States be treated with the same priority as
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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, 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 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 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 Secretary) as
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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 sec-
tion 303 (42 U.S.C. 503) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(h)(1) The State agency charged with the administra-
tion of the State law shall, on a reimbursable basis—
‘‘(A) disclose quarterly, to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services wage and claim infor-
mation, as required pursuant to section 453(i)(1),
contained in the records of such agency;
‘‘(B) ensure that information provided pursuant
to subparagraph (A) meets such standards relating to
correctness and verification as the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of Labor, may find necessary; and
‘‘(C) establish such safeguards as the Secretary of
Labor determines are necessary to insure that infor-
mation 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
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charged with the administration of the State law, finds that
there is a failure to comply substantially with the require-
ments 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 infor-
mation regarding wages paid to an individual, the
social security account number of such individual,
and the name, address, State, and the Federal em-
ployer identification number of the employer paying
such wages to such individual; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘claim information’ means infor-
mation regarding whether an individual is receiving,
has received, or has made application for, unemploy-
ment compensation, the amount of any such com-
pensation being received (or to be received by such in-
dividual), and the individual’s current (or most re-
cent) home address.’’.
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(4) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO
AGENTS
OF
CHILD
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT
AGEN-
CIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section
6103(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to disclosure of return information to Fed-
eral, State, and local child support enforcement
agencies) is amended by redesignating subpara-
graph (B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(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 sup-
port obligations are sought to be established or
enforced may be disclosed by any child support
enforcement agency to any agent of such agency
which is under contract with such agency to
carry out the purposes described in subpara-
graph (C).’’
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(i) Paragraph (3) of section 6103(a) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘(l)(12)’’
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and inserting ‘‘paragraph (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 fol-
lows:
‘‘(C) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—Infor-
mation may be disclosed under this paragraph
only for purposes of, and to the extent necessary
in, establishing and collecting child support obli-
gations from, and locating, individuals owing
such obligations.’’
(iii) The material following subpara-
graph (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 EN-
FORCEMENT.
(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 para-
graph:
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‘‘(13) RECORDING
OF
SOCIAL
SECURITY
NUM-
BERS IN CERTAIN FAMILY MATTERS.—Procedures re-
quiring 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
‘‘(C) any individual who has died be placed
in the records relating to the death and be re-
corded 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 sec-
tion 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
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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 po-
litical subdivision thereof), or any State agency hav-
ing administrative responsibility for the law involved,
the social security number of the party.’’;
(3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or marriage cer-
tificate’’ after ‘‘Such numbers shall not be recorded on
the birth certificate’’.
(4) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new
clauses:
‘‘(x) An agency of a State (or a politi-
cal subdivision thereof) charged with the ad-
ministration of any law concerning the is-
suance or renewal of a license, certificate,
permit, or other authorization to engage in
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 administer-
ing such laws, and for the purpose of re-
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sponding 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 acknowledgement
in the records relating to the matter, for the
purpose of responding to requests for infor-
mation from an agency operating pursuant
to part D of title IV.’’.
CHAPTER 3—STREAMLINING AND
UNIFORMITY OF PROCEDURES
SEC. 12321. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
Section 466 (42 U.S.C. 666) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT.—
‘‘(1) ENACTMENT AND USE.—In order to satisfy
section 454(20)(A), on or after January 1, 1998, each
State must have in effect the Uniform Interstate Fam-
ily Support Act, as approved by the American Bar
Association on February 9, 1993, together with any
amendments officially adopted before January 1,
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1998 by the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws.
‘‘(2) EMPLOYERS
TO
FOLLOW
PROCEDURAL
RULES OF STATE WHERE EMPLOYEE WORKS.—The
State law enacted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
provide that an employer that receives an income
withholding order or notice pursuant to section 501
of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act follow
the procedural rules that apply with respect to such
order or notice under the laws of the State in which
the obligor works.
SEC. 12322. 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 6 consecutive months immediately pre-
ceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable
pleading for support and, if a child is less than 6
months old, the State in which the child lived from
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birth with any of them. A period of temporary ab-
sence of any of them is counted as part of the 6-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 insert-
ing ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’;
(6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘make a modi-
fication of a child support order with respect to a
child that is made’’ and inserting ‘‘modify a child
support order issued’’;
(7) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘pursuant
to subsection (i)’’ before the semicolon;
(8) in subsection (e)(2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘individual’’ before ‘‘con-
testant’’ each place such term appears; and
(B) by striking ‘‘to that court’s making the
modification and assuming’’ and inserting ‘‘with
the State of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction for
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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 new subsection:
‘‘(f) RECOGNITION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.—If
1 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, exclusive jurisdic-
tion and enforcement:
‘‘(1) If only 1 court has issued a child support
order, the order of that court must be recognized.
‘‘(2) If 2 or more courts have issued child sup-
port orders for the same obligor and child, and only
1 of the courts would have continuing, exclusive juris-
diction under this section, the order of that court
must be recognized.
‘‘(3) If 2 or more courts have issued child sup-
port orders for the same obligor and child, and more
than 1 of the courts would have continuing, exclusive
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 issued in the
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current home State of the child, the order most re-
cently issued must be recognized.
‘‘(4) If 2 or more courts have issued child sup-
port orders for the same obligor and child, and none
of the courts would have continuing, exclusive juris-
diction 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 insert-
ing ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’;
(12) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘includ-
ing the duration of current payments and other
obligations of support’’ before the comma; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘arrears
under’’ after ‘‘enforce’’; and
(13) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(i) REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.—If there is
no individual contestant or child residing in the issuing
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State, the party or support enforcement agency seeking to
modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order is-
sued in another State shall register that order in a State
with jurisdiction over the nonmovant for the purpose of
modification.’’.
SEC. 12323. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT IN INTER-
STATE CASES.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by sec-
tions 12315 and 12317(a) of this Act, is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(14) ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT IN INTER-
STATE 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 busi-
ness;
‘‘(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—
‘‘(i) shall include such information as
will enable the State to which the request is
transmitted to compare the information
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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 proc-
ess 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 as-
sistance received by the State;
‘‘(ii) the number of cases for which the
State collected support in response to such
a request; and
‘‘(iii) the amount of such collected sup-
port.’’.
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SEC. 12324. 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 paragraph
(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 new para-
graph:
‘‘(11) not later than June 30, 1996, after con-
sulting with the State directors of programs under
this part, 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 new sub-
paragraph:
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‘‘(E) no later than October 1, 1996, in
using the forms promulgated pursuant to section
452(a)(11) for income withholding, imposition of
liens, and issuance of administrative subpoenas
in interstate child support cases;’’.
SEC. 12325. STATE LAWS PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCE-
DURES.
(a) STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.—Section 466 (42
U.S.C. 666), as amended by section 12314 of this Act, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the 1st sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘Expedited admin-
istrative and judicial procedures (including the proce-
dures specified in subsection (c)) for establishing pa-
ternity and for establishing, modifying, and enforcing
support obligations.’’; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.—The procedures spec-
ified 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 estab-
lishment or enforcement of support orders, without the
necessity of obtaining an order from any other judi-