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(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall become effective on October 1, 1998.
(2) LIMITED EXCEPTION TO UNIT HANDLING
PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding section 454B(b)(1) of
the Social Security Act, as added by this section,
any State which, as of the date of the enactment of
this Act, processes the receipt of child support pay-
ments through local courts may, at the option of the
State, continue to process through September 30,
1999, such payments through such courts as proc-
essed such payments on or before such date of en-
actment.
(e) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that, in determining whether to comply with sec-
tion 454B of the Social Security Act by establishing a sin-
gle, centralized unit for the collection and disbursement
of support payments or by linking together through auto-
mation local units for the collection and disbursement of
support payments, a State should choose the method of
compliance which best meets the needs of parents, employ-
ers, and children.
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SEC. 4313. STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 4301(b), 4303(a)
and 4312(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
(3) by adding after paragraph (27) the follow-
ing 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
directory (to be known as the ‘State Directory
of New Hires’) which shall contain information
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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 requirements of subsection (g)(2) not later
than October 1, 1997, and the requirements of
this section (other than subsection (g)(2)) not
later than October 1, 1998.
‘‘(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 in-
telligence or counterintelligence functions,
if the head of such agency has determined
that reporting pursuant to paragraph (1)
with respect to the employee could endan-
ger the safety of the employee or com-
promise an ongoing investigation or intel-
ligence mission.
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‘‘(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 1986 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-
cludes any entity (also known as a ‘hiring
hall’) which is used by the organization
and an employer to carry out requirements
described in section 8(f)(3) of such Act of
an agreement between the 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 and address of, and identifying number
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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 re-
port to such State. Any employer that transmits
reports pursuant to this subparagraph shall no-
tify the Secretary in writing as to which State
such employer designates for the purpose of
sending reports.
‘‘(C) FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOY-
ERS.—Any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States shall comply with
subparagraph (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
provide the time within which the report required by
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paragraph (1) shall be made with respect to an em-
ployee, but such report shall be made—
‘‘(A) not later than 20 days after the date
the employer hires the employee; or
‘‘(B) in the case of an employer transmit-
ting reports magnetically or electronically, by 2
monthly transmissions (if necessary) not less
than 12 days nor more than 16 days apart.
‘‘(c) REPORTING FORMAT AND METHOD.—Each re-
port 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, magneti-
cally, or electronically.
‘‘(d) CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES ON NONCOMPLYING
EMPLOYERS.—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
supply a false or incomplete report.
‘‘(e) ENTRY OF EMPLOYER INFORMATION.—Infor-
mation shall be entered into the data base maintained by
the State Directory of New Hires within 5 business days
of receipt from an employer pursuant to subsection (b).
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‘‘(f) INFORMATION COMPARISONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than May 1,
1998, an agency designated by the State shall, di-
rectly or by contract, conduct automated compari-
sons of the social security numbers reported by em-
ployers pursuant to subsection (b) and the social se-
curity numbers appearing in the records of the State
case registry for cases being enforced under the
State plan.
‘‘(2) NOTICE OF MATCH.—When an information
comparison conducted under paragraph (1) reveals a
match with respect to the social security number of
an individual required to provide support under a
support order, the State Directory of New Hires
shall provide the agency administering the State
plan approved under this part of the appropriate
State with the name, address, and social security
number of the employee to whom the social security
number is assigned, and the name and address of,
and identifying number assigned under section 6109
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to, the em-
ployer.
‘‘(g) TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) TRANSMISSION
OF
WAGE
WITHHOLDING
NOTICES TO EMPLOYERS.—Within 2 business days
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after the date information regarding a newly hired
employee is entered into the State Directory of New
Hires, the State agency enforcing the employee’s
child support obligation shall transmit a notice to
the employer of the employee directing the employer
to withhold from the income of the employee an
amount equal to the monthly (or other periodic)
child support obligation (including any past due sup-
port obligation) of the employee, unless the employ-
ee’s income is not subject 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 re-
garding a newly hired employee is entered into
the State Directory of New Hires, the State Di-
rectory of New Hires shall furnish the informa-
tion to the National Directory of New Hires.
‘‘(B) WAGE
AND
UNEMPLOYMENT
COM-
PENSATION
INFORMATION.—The State Direc-
tory of New Hires shall, on a quarterly basis,
furnish to the National Directory of New Hires
extracts of the reports required under section
303(a)(6) to be made to the Secretary of Labor
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concerning the wages and unemployment com-
pensation paid to individuals, by such dates, in
such format, and containing such information
as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall specify in regulations.
‘‘(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
OBLI-
GORS.—The agency administering the State plan ap-
proved under this part shall use information received
pursuant to subsection (f)(2) to locate individuals
for purposes of establishing paternity and establish-
ing, modifying, and enforcing child support obliga-
tions, and may disclose such information to any
agent of the agency that is under contract with the
agency to carry out such purposes.
‘‘(2) VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CER-
TAIN
PROGRAMS.—A State agency responsible for
administering a program specified in section 1137(b)
shall have access to information reported by employ-
ers pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for
purposes of verifying eligibility for the program.
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‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION OF EMPLOYMENT SECU-
RITY AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION.—State agen-
cies operating employment security and workers’
compensation programs shall have access to informa-
tion reported by employers pursuant to subsection
(b) for the purposes of administering such pro-
grams.’’.
(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 de-
fined in section 453A(a)(2)(B)(iii))’’ after ‘‘employ-
ers’’; 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 ongo-
ing investigation or intelligence mission’’ after
‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
(d) DISCLOSURE
TO CERTAIN AGENTS.—Section
303(e) (42 U.S.C. 503(e)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
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‘‘(5) A State or local child support enforcement agen-
cy may disclose to any agent of the agency that is under
contract with the agency to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B) wage information that is dis-
closed to an officer or employee of the agency under para-
graph (1)(A). Any agent of a State or local child support
agency that receives wage information under this para-
graph shall comply with the safeguards established pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(B).’’.
SEC. 4314. 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 income of a
person with a support obligation imposed by a sup-
port order issued (or modified) in the State before
October 1, 1996, if not otherwise subject to with-
holding under subsection (b), shall become subject
to withholding as provided in subsection (b) if ar-
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rearages 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 insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’.
(B) 
Section 
466(b)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C.
666(b)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(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
notice to each noncustodial parent to whom para-
graph (1) applies—
‘‘(i) that the withholding has commenced;
and
‘‘(ii) of the procedures to follow if the non-
custodial 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).’’.
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(C) 
Section 
466(b)(5) 
(42 
U.S.C.
666(b)(5)) is amended by striking all that fol-
lows ‘‘administered by’’ and inserting ‘‘the
State through the State disbursement unit es-
tablished pursuant to section 454B, in accord-
ance with the requirements of section 454B.’’.
(D) Section 466(b)(6)(A) (42 U.S.C.
666(b)(6)(A)) is amended—
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘to the
appropriate agency’’ and all that follows
and inserting ‘‘to the State disbursement
unit within 5 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 withhold funds as
directed in the notice. For terms and con-
ditions for withholding income that are not
specified in a notice issued by another
State, the employer shall apply the law of
the State in which the obligor works. An
employer who complies with an income
withholding notice that is regular on its
face shall not be subject to civil liability to
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any individual or agency for conduct in
compliance with the notice.’’.
(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘be in
a standard format prescribed by the Sec-
retary, and’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the follow-
ing 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 income with-
holding required by this subsection because of
the existence of such withholding and the obli-
gations or additional obligations which it im-
poses upon the employer; or
‘‘(ii) fails to withhold support from income
or to pay such amounts to the State disburse-
ment unit in accordance with this subsection.’’.
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(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 ad-
ministering the State plan approved under this part
may execute a withholding order without advance
notice to the obligor, including issuing the withhold-
ing order through electronic means.’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF INCOME.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
466(b)(8) 
(42
U.S.C. 666(b)(8)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(8) For purposes of subsection (a) and this
subsection, the term ‘income’ means any periodic
form of payment due to an individual, regardless of
source, including wages, salaries, commissions, bo-
nuses, worker’s compensation, disability, payments
pursuant to a pension or retirement program, and
interest.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Subsections (a)(8)(A), (a)(8)(B)(i),
(b)(3)(A), 
(b)(3)(B), 
(b)(6)(A)(i), 
and
(b)(6)(C), and (b)(7) of section 466 (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(8)(A), (a)(8)(B)(i), (b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B),
(b)(6)(A)(i), and (b)(6)(C), and (b)(7)) are
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each amended by striking ‘‘wages’’ each place
such term appears and inserting ‘‘income’’.
(B) 
Section 
466(b)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C.
666(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘wages (as
defined by the State for purposes of this sec-
tion)’’ and inserting ‘‘income’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 466(c) (42
U.S.C. 666(c)) is repealed.
SEC. 4315. LOCATOR INFORMATION FROM INTERSTATE
NETWORKS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended by in-
serting after paragraph (11) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(12) LOCATOR
INFORMATION
FROM
INTER-
STATE NETWORKS.—Procedures to ensure that all
Federal and State agencies conducting activities
under this part have access to any system used by
the State to locate an individual for purposes relat-
ing to motor vehicles or law enforcement.’’.
SEC. 4316. EXPANSION OF THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR
SERVICE.
(a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO LOCATE INDIVID-
UALS
AND ASSETS.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking all that follows
‘‘subsection (c))’’ and inserting ‘‘, for the purpose of
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establishing parentage, establishing, setting the
amount of, modifying, or enforcing child support ob-
ligations, or enforcing child custody or visitation or-
ders—
‘‘(1) information on, or facilitating the discov-
ery 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, ad-
dress, and employer identification number of the in-
dividual’s employer;
‘‘(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)—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘social security’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘absent parent’’ and inserting ‘‘infor-
mation 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 parent. Information received or transmit-
ted pursuant to this section shall be subject to
the safeguard provisions contained in section
454(26).’’.
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSON FOR INFORMATION RE-
GARDING
VISITATION
RIGHTS.—Section 453(c) (42
U.S.C. 653(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘support’’ and
inserting ‘‘support or to seek to enforce orders pro-
viding 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;’’.
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(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 rea-
sonable payment for the information exchange (which
amount shall not include payment for the costs of obtain-
ing, compiling, or maintaining the information)’’ before
the period.
(d) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
REPORTS
BY
STATE
AGENCIES.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR REPORTS
BY STATE
AGENCIES.—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 reasonable payment for the information exchange
(which amount shall not include payment for the costs of
obtaining, compiling, or maintaining the information).’’.
(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 amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before ‘‘Parent’’ each
place such term appears.
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(2) Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended in
the heading by adding ‘‘FEDERAL’’ before ‘‘PAR-
ENT’’.
(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 sub-
sections:
‘‘(h) FEDERAL CASE REGISTRY OF CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1,
1998, in order to assist States in administering pro-
grams under State plans approved under this part
and programs funded under part A, and for the
other purposes specified in this section, the Sec-
retary shall establish and maintain in the Federal
Parent Locator Service an automated registry
(which shall be known as the ‘Federal Case Registry
of Child Support Orders’), which shall contain ab-
stracts of support orders and other information de-
scribed in paragraph (2) with respect to each case
in each State case registry maintained pursuant to
section 454A(e), as furnished (and regularly up-
dated), pursuant to section 454A(f), by State agen-
cies administering programs under this part.
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‘‘(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 respect to or on behalf of whom support ob-
ligations are sought to be established), and the State
or States which have the case.
‘‘(i) NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to assist States in
administering programs under State plans approved
under this part and programs funded under part A,
and for the other purposes specified in this section,
the Secretary shall, not later than October 1, 1997,
establish and maintain in the Federal Parent Loca-
tor Service an automated directory to be known as
the National Directory of New Hires, which shall
contain the information supplied pursuant to section
453A(g)(2).
‘‘(2) ENTRY
OF
DATA.—Information shall be
entered into the data base maintained by the Na-
tional Directory of New Hires within 2 business
days of receipt pursuant to section 453A(g)(2).
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‘‘(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 Internal 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 employment 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 DIS-
CLOSURES.—
‘‘(1) VERIFICATION BY SOCIAL SECURITY AD-
MINISTRATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
transmit information on individuals and em-
ployers maintained under this section to the So-
cial Security Administration to the extent nec-
essary for verification in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B).
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‘‘(B) VERIFICATION BY SSA.—The Social
Security Administration shall verify the accu-
racy of, correct, or supply to the extent pos-
sible, and report to the Secretary, the following
information supplied by the Secretary pursuant
to subparagraph (A):
‘‘(i) The name, social security num-
ber, and birth date of each such individual.
‘‘(ii) The employer identification num-
ber of each such employer.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
COMPARISONS.—For the
purpose of locating individuals in a paternity estab-
lishment case or a case involving the establishment,
modification, or enforcement of a support order, the
Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) compare information in the National
Directory of New Hires against information in
the support case abstracts in the Federal Case
Registry of Child Support Orders not less often
than every 2 business days; and
‘‘(B) within 2 business days after such a
comparison reveals a match with respect to an
individual, report the information to the State
agency responsible for the case.
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‘‘(3) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DISCLO-
SURES OF INFORMATION IN ALL REGISTRIES FOR
TITLE IV PROGRAM PURPOSES.—To the extent and
with the frequency that the Secretary determines to
be effective in assisting States to carry out their re-
sponsibilities under programs operated under this
part and programs funded under part A, the Sec-
retary shall—
‘‘(A) compare the information in each com-
ponent of the Federal Parent Locator Service
maintained under this section against the infor-
mation in each other such component (other
than the comparison required by paragraph
(2)), and report instances in which such a com-
parison reveals a match with respect to an indi-
vidual to State agencies operating such pro-
grams; and
‘‘(B) disclose information in such registries
to such State agencies.
‘‘(4) PROVISION OF NEW HIRE INFORMATION
TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.—The
National Directory of New Hires shall provide the
Commissioner of Social Security with all information
in the National Directory, which shall be used to de-
termine the accuracy of payments under the supple-
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mental security income program under title XVI and
in connection with benefits under title II.
‘‘(5) RESEARCH.—The Secretary may provide
access to information reported by employers pursu-
ant to section 453A(b) for research purposes found
by the Secretary to be likely to contribute to achiev-
ing the purposes of part A or this part, but without
personal identifiers.
‘‘(k) FEES.—
‘‘(1) FOR SSA VERIFICATION.—The Secretary
shall reimburse the Commissioner of Social Security,
at a rate negotiated between the Secretary and the
Commissioner, for the costs incurred by the Com-
missioner in performing the verification services de-
scribed in subsection (j).
‘‘(2) FOR INFORMATION FROM STATE DIREC-
TORIES OF NEW HIRES.—The Secretary shall reim-
burse costs incurred by State directories of new
hires in furnishing information as required by sub-
section (j)(3), at rates which the Secretary deter-
mines to be reasonable (which rates shall not include
payment for the costs of obtaining, compiling, or
maintaining such information).
‘‘(3) FOR INFORMATION FURNISHED TO STATE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.—A State or Federal agen-
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‘‘(n) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPORTING.—Each
department, agency, and instrumentality of the United
States shall on a quarterly basis report to the Federal
Parent Locator Service the name and social security num-
ber of each employee and the wages paid to the employee
during the previous quarter, except that such a report
shall not be filed with respect to an employee of a depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality performing intelligence
or counterintelligence functions, if the head of such de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality has determined that
filing such a report could endanger the safety of the em-
ployee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intel-
ligence 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
established 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 requests by parents who are residents of the
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State submitting the plan’’ before the semi-
colon.
(2) TO FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT.—
Section 3304(a)(16) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Health and
Human Services’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘such information’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘information furnished under subpara-
graph (A) or (B) is used only for the purposes
authorized under such subparagraph;’’;
(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 compensation in-
formation contained in the records of such agency
shall be furnished to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (in accordance with regulations pro-
mulgated by such Secretary) as necessary for the
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purposes of the National Directory of New Hires es-
tablished under section 453(i) of the Social Security
Act, and’’.
(3) TO STATE GRANT PROGRAM UNDER TITLE
III OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Subsection (h)
of section 303 (42 U.S.C. 503) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(h)(1) The State agency charged with the adminis-
tration 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 Secretary of Labor, may find necessary; and
‘‘(C) establish such safeguards as the Secretary
of Labor determines are necessary to insure that in-
formation 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.
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‘‘(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reason-
able notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agen-
cy charged with the administration of the State law, finds
that there is a failure to comply substantially with the re-
quirements 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 satis-
fied 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 Treas-
ury 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
individual), 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 sec-
tion 6103(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to disclosure of return informa-
tion to Federal, State, and local child support
enforcement agencies) is amended by redesig-
nating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C)
and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE TO CERTAIN AGENTS.—
The following information disclosed to any child
support enforcement agency under subpara-
graph (A) with respect to any individual with
respect to whom child support obligations are
sought to be established or enforced may be dis-
closed by such agency to any agent of such
agency which is under contract with such agen-
cy to carry out the purposes described in sub-
paragraph (C):
‘‘(i) The address and social security
account number (or numbers) of such indi-
vidual.
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‘‘(ii) The amount of any reduction
under section 6402(c) (relating to offset of
past-due support against overpayments) in
any overpayment otherwise payable to such
individual.’’
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(i) Paragraph (3) of section 6103(a)
of such Code is amended by striking
‘‘(l)(12)’’ 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
follows:
‘‘(C) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—In-
formation may be disclosed under this para-
graph only for purposes of, and to the extent
necessary in, establishing and collecting child
support obligations from, and locating, individ-
uals 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)’’.
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(h) REQUIREMENT
FOR COOPERATION.—The Sec-
retary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall work jointly to develop cost-effective and ef-
ficient methods of accessing the information in the various
State directories of new hires and the National Directory
of New Hires as established pursuant to the amendments
made by this chapter. In developing these methods the
Secretaries shall take into account the impact, including
costs, on the States, and shall also consider the need to
insure the proper and authorized use of wage record infor-
mation.
SEC. 4317. 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 4315 of this Act,
is amended by inserting after paragraph (12) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(13) RECORDING OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUM-
BERS
IN
CERTAIN
FAMILY
MATTERS.—Procedures
requiring that the social security number of—
‘‘(A) any applicant for a professional li-
cense, commercial driver’s license, occupational
license, or marriage license be recorded on the
application;
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‘‘(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
section 321(a)(9) of the Social Security Independence and
Program Improvements Act of 1994, is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘may require’’ and
inserting ‘‘shall require’’;
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting after the 1st sen-
tence the following: ‘‘In the administration of any
law involving the issuance of a marriage certificate
or license, each State shall require each party named
in the certificate or license to furnish to the State
(or political subdivision thereof), or any State agen-
cy having administrative responsibility for the law
involved, the social security number of the party.’’;
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(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 political subdivision
thereof) charged with the administration of any law con-
cerning the issuance or renewal of a license, certificate,
permit, or other authorization to engage in a profession,
an occupation, or a commercial activity shall require all
applicants for issuance or renewal of the license, certifi-
cate, permit, or other authorization to provide the appli-
cant’s social security number to the agency for the purpose
of administering such laws, and for the purpose of re-
sponding to requests for information from an agency oper-
ating pursuant to part D of title IV.
‘‘(xi) All divorce decrees, support orders, and pater-
nity determinations issued, and all paternity acknowledg-
ments made, in each State shall include the social security
number of each party to the decree, order, determination,
or acknowledgment in the records relating to the matter,
for the purpose of responding to requests for information
from an agency operating pursuant to part D of title IV.’’.
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CHAPTER 3—STREAMLINING AND
UNIFORMITY OF PROCEDURES
SEC. 4321. 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 sat-
isfy section 454(20)(A), on and after January 1,
1998, each State must have in effect the Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act, as approved by the
American Bar Association on February 9, 1993, to-
gether with any amendments officially adopted be-
fore January 1, 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.’’.
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SEC. 4322. 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 parent for
at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the
time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for sup-
port and, if a child is less than 6 months old, the State
in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A
period of temporary absence 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 in-
serting ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’;
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(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 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 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 jurisdiction and enforce-
ment:
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‘‘(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 ju-
risdiction 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 current home State of the child, the order
most recently 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)—
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‘‘(14) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT
IN
INTERSTATE CASES.—Procedures under which—
‘‘(A)(i) the State shall respond within 5
business days to a request made by another
State to enforce a support order; and
‘‘(ii) the term ‘business day’ means a day
on which State offices are open for regular
business;
‘‘(B) the State may, by electronic or other
means, transmit to another State a request for
assistance in a case involving the enforcement
of a support order, which request—
‘‘(i) shall include such information as
will enable the State to which the request
is transmitted to compare the information
about the case to the information in the
data bases of the State; and
‘‘(ii) shall constitute a certification by
the requesting State—
‘‘(I) of the amount of support
under the order the payment of which
is in arrears; and
‘‘(II) that the requesting State
has complied with all procedural due
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process requirements applicable to the
case;
‘‘(C) if the State provides assistance to an-
other State pursuant to this paragraph with re-
spect to a case, neither State shall consider the
case to be transferred to the caseload of such
other State; and
‘‘(D) the State shall maintain records of—
‘‘(i) the number of such requests for
assistance received by the State;
‘‘(ii) the number of cases for which
the State collected support in response to
such a request; and
‘‘(iii) the amount of such collected
support.’’.
SEC. 4324. 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) (as amended by section 4346(a) of this
Act) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
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‘‘(11) not later than October 1, 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:
‘‘(E) not later than March 1, 1997, in
using the forms promulgated pursuant to sec-
tion 452(a)(11) for income withholding, imposi-
tion of liens, and issuance of administrative
subpoenas in interstate child support cases;’’.
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SEC. 4325. STATE LAWS PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCE-
DURES.
(a) STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.—Section 466 (42
U.S.C. 666), as amended by section 4314 of this Act, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the first
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Expedited ad-
ministrative and judicial procedures (including the
procedures specified in subsection (c)) for establish-
ing paternity and for establishing, modifying, and
enforcing support obligations.’’; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(c) EXPEDITED
PROCEDURES.—The procedures
specified in this subsection are the following:
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION BY STATE AGEN-
CY.—Procedures which give the State agency the au-
thority to take the following actions relating to es-
tablishment of paternity or to establishment, modi-
fication, or enforcement of support orders, without
the necessity of obtaining an order from any other
judicial or administrative tribunal, and to recognize
and enforce the authority of State agencies of other
States to take the following actions:
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‘‘(A) GENETIC TESTING.—To order genetic
testing for the purpose of paternity establish-
ment as provided in section 466(a)(5).
‘‘(B) FINANCIAL
OR
OTHER
INFORMA-
TION.—To subpoena any financial or other in-
formation needed to establish, modify, or en-
force a support order, and to impose penalties
for failure to respond to such a subpoena.
‘‘(C) RESPONSE
TO
STATE
AGENCY
RE-
QUEST.—To require all entities in the State (in-
cluding for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental
employers) to provide promptly, in response to
a request by the State agency of that or any
other State administering a program under this
part, information on the employment, com-
pensation, and benefits of any individual em-
ployed by such entity as an employee or con-
tractor, and to sanction failure to respond to
any such request.
‘‘(D) ACCESS
TO
INFORMATION
CON-
TAINED IN CERTAIN RECORDS.—To obtain ac-
cess, subject to safeguards on privacy and infor-
mation security, and subject to the nonliability
of entities that afford such access under this
subparagraph, to information contained in the
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following records (including automated access,
in the case of records maintained in automated
data bases):
‘‘(i) Records of other State and local
government agencies, including—
‘‘(I) vital statistics (including
records of marriage, birth, and di-
vorce);
‘‘(II) State and local tax and rev-
enue records (including information
on residence address, employer, in-
come and assets);
‘‘(III) records concerning real
and titled personal property;
‘‘(IV) records of occupational and
professional licenses, and records con-
cerning the ownership and control of
corporations, partnerships, and other
business entities;
‘‘(V) 
employment 
security
records;
‘‘(VI) records of agencies admin-
istering public assistance programs;
‘‘(VII) records of the motor vehi-
cle department; and
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‘‘(VIII) corrections records.
‘‘(ii) Certain records held by private
entities with respect to individuals who owe
or are owed support (or against or with re-
spect to whom a support obligation is
sought), consisting of—
‘‘(I) the names and addresses of
such individuals and the names and
addresses of the employers of such in-
dividuals, as appearing in customer
records of public utilities and cable
television companies, pursuant to an
administrative subpoena authorized by
subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(II) information (including in-
formation on assets and liabilities) on
such individuals held by financial in-
stitutions.
‘‘(E) CHANGE
IN
PAYEE.—In cases in
which support is subject to an assignment in
order to comply with a requirement imposed
pursuant to part A or section 1912, or to a re-
quirement to pay through the State disburse-
ment unit established pursuant to section
454B, upon providing notice to obligor and obli-
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gee, to direct the obligor or other payor to
change the payee to the appropriate government
entity.
‘‘(F) INCOME
WITHHOLDING.—To order
income withholding in accordance with sub-
sections (a)(1)(A) and (b) of section 466.
‘‘(G) SECURING
ASSETS.—In cases in
which there is a support arrearage, to secure
assets to satisfy the arrearage by—
‘‘(i) intercepting or seizing periodic or
lump-sum payments from—
‘‘(I) a State or local agency, in-
cluding unemployment compensation,
workers’ compensation, and other ben-
efits; and
‘‘(II) judgments, settlements, and
lotteries;
‘‘(ii) attaching and seizing assets of
the obligor held in financial institutions;
‘‘(iii) attaching public and private re-
tirement funds; and
‘‘(iv) imposing liens in accordance
with subsection (a)(4) and, in appropriate
cases, to force sale of property and dis-
tribution of proceeds.
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‘‘(H) INCREASE
MONTHLY
PAYMENTS.—
For the purpose of securing overdue support, to
increase the amount of monthly support pay-
ments to include amounts for arrearages, sub-
ject to such conditions or limitations as the
State may provide.
Such procedures shall be subject to due process safe-
guards, including (as appropriate) requirements for
notice, opportunity to contest the action, and oppor-
tunity for an appeal on the record to an independent
administrative or judicial tribunal.
‘‘(2) SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL RULES.—
The expedited procedures required under subsection
(a)(2) shall include the following rules and author-
ity, applicable with respect to all proceedings to es-
tablish paternity or to establish, modify, or enforce
support orders:
‘‘(A) LOCATOR
INFORMATION; PRESUMP-
TIONS
CONCERNING
NOTICE.—Procedures
under which—
‘‘(i) each party to any paternity or
child support proceeding is required (sub-
ject to privacy safeguards) to file with the
tribunal and the State case registry upon
entry of an order, and to update as appro-
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priate, information on location and identity
of the party, including social security num-
ber, residential and mailing addresses, tele-
phone number, driver’s license number,
and name, address, and telephone number
of employer; and
‘‘(ii) in any subsequent child support
enforcement action between the parties,
upon sufficient showing that diligent effort
has been made to ascertain the location of
such a party, the tribunal may deem State
due process requirements for notice and
service of process to be met with respect to
the party, upon delivery of written notice
to the most recent residential or employer
address filed with the tribunal pursuant to
clause (i).
‘‘(B) STATEWIDE
JURISDICTION.—Proce-
dures under which—
‘‘(i) the State agency and any admin-
istrative or judicial tribunal with authority
to hear child support and paternity cases
exerts statewide jurisdiction over the par-
ties; and
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‘‘(ii) in a State in which orders are is-
sued by courts or administrative tribunals,
a case may be transferred between local ju-
risdictions in the State without need for
any additional filing by the petitioner, or
service of process upon the respondent, to
retain jurisdiction over the parties.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION
WITH
ERISA.—Notwith-
standing subsection (d) of section 514 of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (re-
lating to effect on other laws), nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to alter, amend, modify,
invalidate, impair, or supersede subsections (a), (b),
and (c) of such section 514 as it applies with respect
to any procedure referred to in paragraph (1) and
any expedited procedure referred to in paragraph
(2), except to the extent that such procedure would
be consistent with the requirements of section
206(d)(3) of such Act (relating to qualified domestic
relations orders) or the requirements of section
609(a) of such Act (relating to qualified medical
child support orders) if the reference in such section
206(d)(3) to a domestic relations order and the ref-
erence in such section 609(a) to a medical child sup-
port order were a reference to a support order re-
539
ferred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) relating to the
same matters, respectively.’’.
(b) AUTOMATION OF STATE AGENCY FUNCTIONS.—
Section 454A, as added by section 4344(a)(2) and as
amended by sections 4311 and 4312(c) of this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(h) EXPEDITED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.—
The automated system required by this section shall be
used, to the maximum extent feasible, to implement the
expedited administrative procedures required by section
466(c).’’.
CHAPTER 4—PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT
SEC. 4331. STATE LAWS CONCERNING PATERNITY ESTAB-
LISHMENT.
(a) STATE LAWS REQUIRED.—Section 466(a)(5) (42
U.S.C. 666(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) PROCEDURES CONCERNING PATERNITY ES-
TABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
PROCESS
AVAIL-
ABLE FROM BIRTH UNTIL AGE 18.—
‘‘(i) Procedures which permit the es-
tablishment of the paternity of a child at
any time before the child attains 18 years
of age.
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‘‘(ii) As of August 16, 1984, clause (i)
shall also apply to a child for whom pater-
nity has not been established or for whom
a paternity action was brought but dis-
missed because a statute of limitations of
less than 18 years was then in effect in the
State.
‘‘(B) PROCEDURES CONCERNING GENETIC
TESTING.—
‘‘(i) GENETIC TESTING REQUIRED IN
CERTAIN CONTESTED CASES.—Procedures
under which the State is required, in a
contested paternity case (unless otherwise
barred by State law) to require the child
and all other parties (other than individ-
uals found under section 454(29) to have
good cause and other exceptions for refus-
ing to cooperate) to submit to genetic tests
upon the request of any such party, if the
request is supported by a sworn statement
by the party—
‘‘(I) alleging paternity, and set-
ting forth facts establishing a reason-
able possibility of the requisite sexual
contact between the parties; or
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‘‘(II) denying paternity, and set-
ting forth facts establishing a reason-
able possibility of the nonexistence of
sexual contact between the parties.
‘‘(ii) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Proce-
dures which require the State agency, in
any case in which the agency orders ge-
netic testing—
‘‘(I) to pay costs of such tests,
subject to recoupment (if the State so
elects) from the alleged father if pa-
ternity is established; and
‘‘(II) to obtain additional testing
in any case if an original test result is
contested, upon request and advance
payment by the contestant.
‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY
PATERNITY
ACKNOWL-
EDGMENT.—
‘‘(i) SIMPLE CIVIL PROCESS.—Proce-
dures for a simple civil process for volun-
tarily acknowledging paternity under which
the State must provide that, before a
mother and a putative father can sign an
acknowledgment of paternity, the mother
and the putative father must be given no-
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tice, orally and in writing, of the alter-
natives to, the legal consequences of, and
the rights (including, if 1 parent is a
minor, any rights afforded due to minority
status) and responsibilities that arise from,
signing the acknowledgment.
‘‘(ii) HOSPITAL-BASED
PROGRAM.—
Such procedures must include a hospital-
based program for the voluntary acknowl-
edgment of paternity focusing on the pe-
riod immediately before or after the birth
of a child.
‘‘(iii) 
PATERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT
SERVICES.—
‘‘(I) 
STATE-OFFERED
SERV-
ICES.—Such procedures must require
the State agency responsible for main-
taining birth records to offer vol-
untary paternity establishment serv-
ices.
‘‘(II) REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(aa) SERVICES
OFFERED
BY
HOSPITALS
AND
BIRTH
RECORD
AGENCIES.—The Sec-
retary shall prescribe regulations