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‘‘SEC. 458A. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other pay-
ment under this part, the Secretary shall, subject to sub-
section (f), make an incentive payment to each State for
each fiscal year in an amount determined under subsection
(b).
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF INCENTIVE PAYMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The incentive payment for
a State for a fiscal year is equal to the incentive
payment pool for the fiscal year, multiplied by the
State incentive payment share for the fiscal year.
‘‘(2) INCENTIVE PAYMENT POOL.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In paragraph (1), the
term ‘incentive payment pool’ means—
‘‘(i) $422,000,000 for fiscal year
2000;
‘‘(ii) $429,000,000 for fiscal year
2001;
‘‘(iii) $450,000,000 for fiscal year
2002;
‘‘(iv) $461,000,000 for fiscal year
2003;
‘‘(v) $454,000,000 for fiscal year
2004;
‘‘(vi) $446,000,000 for fiscal year
2005;
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‘‘(vii) $458,000,000 for fiscal year
2006;
‘‘(viii) $471,000,000 for fiscal year
2007;
‘‘(ix) $483,000,000 for fiscal year
2008; and
‘‘(x) for any succeeding fiscal year,
the amount of the incentive payment pool
for the fiscal year that precedes such suc-
ceeding fiscal year, multiplied by the per-
centage (if any) by which the CPI for such
preceding fiscal year exceeds the CPI for
the 2nd preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(B) CPI.—For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the CPI for a fiscal year is the average of
the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month pe-
riod ending on September 30 of the fiscal year.
As used in the preceding sentence, the term
‘Consumer Price Index’ means the last Con-
sumer Price Index for all-urban consumers pub-
lished by the Department of Labor.
‘‘(3) STATE INCENTIVE PAYMENT SHARE.—In
paragraph (1), the term ‘State incentive payment
share’ means, with respect to a fiscal year—
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‘‘(A) the incentive base amount for the
State for the fiscal year; divided by
‘‘(B) the sum of the incentive base
amounts for all of the States for the fiscal year.
‘‘(4) INCENTIVE BASE AMOUNT.—In paragraph
(3), the term ‘incentive base amount’ means, with
respect to a State and a fiscal year, the sum of the
applicable percentages (determined in accordance
with paragraph (6)) multiplied by the corresponding
maximum incentive base amounts for the State for
the fiscal year, with respect to each of the following
measures of State performance for the fiscal year:
‘‘(A) The paternity establishment perform-
ance level.
‘‘(B) The support order performance level.
‘‘(C) The current payment performance
level.
‘‘(D) The arrearage payment performance
level.
‘‘(E) The cost-effectiveness performance
level.
‘‘(5) MAXIMUM INCENTIVE BASE AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (4), the maximum incentive base amount
for a State for a fiscal year is—
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‘‘(i) with respect to the performance
measures described in subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) of paragraph (4), the State
collections base for the fiscal year; and
‘‘(ii) with respect to the performance
measures described in subparagraphs (D)
and (E) of paragraph (4), 75 percent of
the State collections base for the fiscal
year.
‘‘(B) DATA REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETE
AND
RELIABLE.—Notwithstanding 
subpara-
graph (A), the maximum incentive base amount
for a State for a fiscal year with respect to a
performance measure described in paragraph
(4) is zero, unless the Secretary determines, on
the basis of an audit performed under section
452(a)(4)(C)(i), that the data which the State
submitted pursuant to section 454(15)(B) for
the fiscal year and which is used to determine
the performance level involved is complete and
reliable.
‘‘(C) STATE
COLLECTIONS
BASE.—For
purposes of subparagraph (A), the State collec-
tions base for a fiscal year is equal to the sum
of—