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SEC. 311. IDENTIFICATION AND SEIZURE OF ASSETS HELD 
BY MULTISTATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 452(l) (42 
U.S.C. 652(l)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(l) IDENTIFICATION AND SEIZURE OF ASSETS HELD 
BY MULTISTATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the 
Federal Parent Locator Service, is authorized—
‘‘(A) to assist State agencies operating pro-
grams under this part and financial institutions 
doing business in 2 or more States in reaching 
agreements regarding the receipt from such insti-
tutions, and the transfer to the State agencies, of 
information that may be provided pursuant to 
section 466(a)(17)(A)(i) or 469A(a); 
‘‘(B) to perform data matches comparing 
information from such State agencies and finan-
cial institutions entering into such Agreements 
with respect to individuals owing past-due sup-
port; and 
‘‘(C) to seize assets, held by such financial 
institutions, of individuals identified through 
such data matches who owe past-due support, 
by—
‘‘(i) issuing a notice of lien or levy to 
such financial institutions requiring them
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to encumber such assets for 30 calendar 
days and to subsequently transfer such as-
sets to the Secretary (except that the Sec-
retary shall promptly release such lien or 
levy within such 30-day period upon re-
quest of the State agencies responsible for 
collecting past-due support from such indi-
viduals); and 
‘‘(ii) providing notice to such individ-
uals of the lien or levy upon their assets 
and informing them—
‘‘(I) of their procedural due proc-
ess rights, including the opportunity to 
contest such lien or levy to the appro-
priate State agency; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of jointly owned 
assets, of the process by which other 
owners may secure their respective 
share of such assets, according to such 
policies and procedures as the Sec-
retary may specify with respect to sei-
zure of such assets. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO STATES.—Assets 
seized from individuals under paragraph (1)(C) shall 
be promptly transferred by the Secretary to the State
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agencies responsible for collecting past-due support 
from such individuals for distribution pursuant to 
section 457. 
‘‘(3) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS.—Notwith-
standing any provision of State law, an individual 
receiving a notice under paragraph (1)(C) shall have 
21 calendar days from the date of such notice to con-
test the lien or levy imposed under such paragraph by 
requesting an administrative review by the State 
agency responsible for collecting past-due support 
from such individual. 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF DISCLOSURES.—For pur-
poses of section 1113(d) of the Right to Financial Pri-
vacy Act of 1978, a disclosure pursuant to this sub-
section shall be considered a disclosure pursuant to a 
Federal statute.’’. 
(b) STATE DUTIES.—
(1) INDIVIDUALS WITH ASSETS SUBJECT TO FED-
ERAL
SEIZURE.—Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654), as 
amended by section 301(b)(1)(B)(iii), is amended—
(A) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (34), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (34), the 
following: 
‘‘(35) provide that the State shall—
‘‘(A) upon furnishing the Secretary with in-
formation under section 452(l) with respect to 
individuals owing past-due support, provide no-
tice to such individuals that their assets held in 
financial institutions shall be subject to seizure 
to pay such past-due support, and shall—
‘‘(i) instruct such individuals of the 
steps which may be taken to contest the 
State’s determination that past-due support 
is owed or the amount of the past-due sup-
port; and 
‘‘(ii) include, in the case of jointly 
owned assets, a description of the process by 
which other owners may secure their share 
of such assets, in accordance with such poli-
cies and procedures as the Secretary may 
specify with respect to seizure of such assets; 
‘‘(B) promptly resolve cases in which such 
individuals contest the State’s determination 
with respect to past-due support, and provide for 
expedited refund of any assets erroneously seized
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and transferred to the State under such section 
452(l); and 
‘‘(C) except as otherwise specified under this 
paragraph or by the Secretary, ensure that the 
due process protections afforded under this para-
graph to individuals whose assets are subject to 
seizure under section 452(l) are generally con-
sistent with, and to the extent practicable con-
form to, the due process protections afforded by 
the State to individuals subject to offset of tax re-
funds under section 464.’’. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT OF FEDERAL COSTS.—Sec-
tion 453(k)(3) (42 U.S.C. 653(k)(3)) is amended—
(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND ENFORCEMENT SERVICES’’ after ‘‘INFORMA-
TION’’
(B) by inserting ‘‘or enforcement services’’ 
after ‘‘that receives information’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or section 452(l)’’ after 
‘‘pursuant to this section’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘in furnishing the informa-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘in furnishing such informa-
tion or enforcement services’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) 
STATE
LAW
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
466(a)(17) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17)) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 452(l)’’ after ‘‘and the Fed-
eral Parent Locator Service’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘issued 
by the State agency or by the Secretary 
under section 452(l)’’ after ‘‘in response to 
a notice of lien or levy’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or to the 
Federal Parent Locator Service’’ after ‘‘to 
the State agency’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘issued 
by the State agency’’. 
(2) NON LIABILITY
FOR
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—Section 469A(a) (42 U.S.C. 669a(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘section 452(l) or’’ before ‘‘sec-
tion 466(a)(17)(A)’’. 
SEC. 312. INFORMATION COMPARISONS WITH INSURANCE 
DATA. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 452 (42 
U.S.C. 652) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(m) COMPARISONS
WITH
INSURANCE
INFORMA-
TION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the 
Federal Parent Locator Service, is authorized—
‘‘(A) to compare information concerning in-
dividuals owing past-due support with informa-
tion maintained by insurers (or their agents) 
concerning 
insurance 
claims, 
settlements, 
awards, and payments, and 
‘‘(B) to furnish information resulting from 
such data matches to the State agencies respon-
sible for collecting child support from such indi-
viduals. 
‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—No insurer (including any 
agent of an insurer) shall be liable under any Federal 
or State law to any person for any disclosure pro-
vided for under this subsection, or for any other ac-
tion taken in good faith in accordance with the provi-
sions of this subsection.’’. 
(b) STATE REIMBURSEMENT OF FEDERAL COSTS.—
Section 453(k)(3) (42 U.S.C. 653(k)(3)), as amended by sec-
tion 312(b)(2), is amended by striking ‘‘section 452(l)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (l) or (m) of section 452’’.
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SEC. 313. TRIBAL ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCA-
TOR SERVICE. 
Section 453(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 653(c)(1)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘or Indian tribe or tribal organization’’ after 
‘‘any agent or attorney of any State’’. 
SEC. 314. REIMBURSEMENT OF SECRETARY’S COSTS OF IN-
FORMATION COMPARISONS AND DISCLOSURE 
FOR ENFORCEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS ON 
HIGHER 
EDUCATION 
ACT 
LOANS 
AND 
GRANTS. 
Section 453(j)(6)(F) (42 U.S.C. 653(j)(6)(F)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘additional’’. 
SEC. 315. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO COOPERA-
TIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN STATES AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
Section 454(33) (42 U.S.C. 654(33)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘that receives funding pursuant to section 428 
and’’. 
SEC. 316. CLAIMS UPON LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORK-
ERS’ COMPENSATION FOR CHILD SUPPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the Longshore and 
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 917) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘LIENS ON COMPENSATION; CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
‘‘SEC. 17. (a) LIENS.—Where a trust fund which com-
plies with section 302(c) of the Labor Management Rela-
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tions Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 186(c)) established pursuant to 
a collective-bargaining agreement in effect between an em-
ployer and an employee covered under this Act has paid 
disability benefits to an employee which the employee is le-
gally obligated to repay by reason of the employee’s entitle-
ment to compensation under this Act or under a settlement, 
the Secretary shall authorize a lien on such compensation 
in favor of the trust fund for the amount of such payments. 
‘‘(b) CHILD SUPPORT.—Compensation or benefits due 
or payable to an individual under this Act (other than med-
ical benefits) shall be subject, in like manner and to the 
same extent as similar compensation or benefits under a 
workers’ compensation program if established under State 
law—
‘‘(1) to withholding in accordance with State law 
enacted pursuant to subsections (a)(1) and (b) of sec-
tion 466 of the Social Security Act and regulations 
under such subsections; and 
‘‘(2) to any other legal process brought, by a 
State agency administering a program under a State 
plan approved under part D of title IV of the Social 
Security Act or by an individual obligee, to enforce 
the legal obligation of the individual to provide child 
support or alimony.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 16 of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 
U.S.C. 916) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided by this Act, no’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, except as provided by this 
Act,’’ after ‘‘under this Act’’. 
SEC. 317. STATE OPTION TO USE STATEWIDE AUTOMATED 
DATA PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RE-
TRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR INTERSTATE CASES. 
Section 
466(a)(14)(A)(iii) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
666(a)(14)(A)(iii)) is amended by inserting before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘(but the assisting State may establish 
a corresponding case based on such other State’s request for 
assistance)’’. 
SEC. 318. INTERCEPTION OF GAMBLING WINNINGS FOR 
CHILD SUPPORT. 
(a) INTERCEPTION
OF GAMBLING WINNINGS
FOR 
CHILD SUPPORT.—Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652), as amend-
ed by section 313, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(n) INTERCEPTION
OF GAMBLING WINNINGS
FOR 
PAST-DUE SUPPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the 
Federal Parent Locator Service, is authorized, in ac-
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cordance with this subsection, to intercept gambling 
winnings of an individual owing past-due support 
being enforced by a State agency with a plan ap-
proved under this part, and to transmit such 
winnings to the State agency for distribution pursu-
ant to section 457. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR GAMBLING ESTABLISH-
MENTS.—A gambling establishment subject to this 
subsection shall not pay to any individual gambling 
winnings (as defined in paragraph (6)) meeting the 
criteria for reporting to the Internal Revenue Service 
pursuant to section 6041 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 until the establishment—
‘‘(A) has furnished to the Secretary—
‘‘(i) the information required to be so 
reported with respect to such individual 
and such winnings; and 
‘‘(ii) the net amount of such gambling 
winnings (hereafter in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘net gambling winnings’) 
after withholding of amounts for Federal 
taxes as required pursuant to section 
3402(q) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; and