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child support obligations, or enforcing child custody or visitation
orders—
‘‘(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 visitation 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 individual’s employer;
‘‘(2) information on the individual’s wages (or other income)
from, and benefits of, employment (including rights to or enroll-
ment 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 indi-
vidual.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
‘‘social security’’ and all that follows through ‘‘absent par-
ent’’ and inserting ‘‘information 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 evidence 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. Informa-
tion received or transmitted pursuant to this section shall
be subject to the safeguard provisions contained in section
454(26).’’.
(b) 
AUTHORIZED
PERSON
FOR
INFORMATION
REGARDING
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 providing 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
FEDERAL
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 include payment for the costs of obtaining,
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.—
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(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 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 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 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 (and regularly updated), pursuant to section
454A(f), by State agencies administering programs under this
part.
‘‘(2) CASE INFORMATION.—The information referred 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 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, 1997, establish 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).
‘‘(2) ENTRY OF DATA.—Information shall be entered into
the data base maintained by the National Directory of New
Hires within 2 business days of receipt 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 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 Directory 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.
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‘‘(j) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES.—
‘‘(1) VERIFICATION BY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall transmit
information on individuals and employers maintained
under this section to the Social Security Administration
to the extent necessary for verification in accordance with
subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) VERIFICATION
BY
SSA.—The Social Security
Administration shall verify the accuracy of, correct, or sup-
ply to the extent possible, and report to the Secretary,
the following information supplied by the Secretary pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A):
‘‘(i) The name, social security number, and birth
date of each such individual.
‘‘(ii) The employer identification number of each
such employer.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION COMPARISONS.—For the purpose of locat-
ing individuals in a paternity establishment 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.
‘‘(3) INFORMATION
COMPARISONS
AND
DISCLOSURES
OF
INFORMATION IN ALL REGISTRIES FOR TITLE IV PROGRAM PUR-
POSES.—To the extent and with the frequency that the Sec-
retary determines to be effective in assisting States to carry
out their responsibilities under programs operated under this
part and programs funded under part A, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) compare the information in each component of
the Federal Parent Locator Service maintained under this
section against the information in each other such compo-
nent (other than the comparison required by paragraph
(2)), and report instances in which such a comparison
reveals a match with respect to an individual to State
agencies operating such programs; and
‘‘(B) disclose information in such registries to such
State agencies.
‘‘(4) PROVISION OF NEW HIRE INFORMATION TO THE SOCIAL
SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION.—The National Directory of New
Hires shall provide the Commissioner of Social Security with
all information in the National Directory.
‘‘(5) RESEARCH.—The Secretary may provide access to
information reported by employers pursuant to section 453A(b)
for research purposes found by the Secretary to be likely to
contribute to achieving the purposes of part A or this part,
but without personal identifiers.
‘‘(k) FEES.—
‘‘(1) FOR SSA VERIFICATION.—The Secretary shall reimburse
the Commissioner of Social Security, at a rate negotiated
between the Secretary and the Commissioner, for the costs
incurred by the Commissioner in performing the verification
services described in subsection (j).
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‘‘(2) FOR INFORMATION FROM STATE DIRECTORIES OF NEW
HIRES.—The Secretary shall reimburse costs incurred by State
directories of new hires in furnishing information as required
by subsection (j)(3), at rates which the Secretary determines
to be reasonable (which rates shall not include payment for
the costs of obtaining, compiling, or maintaining such informa-
tion).
‘‘(3) FOR INFORMATION FURNISHED TO STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—A State or Federal agency that receives information
from the Secretary pursuant to this section shall reimburse
the Secretary for costs incurred by the Secretary in furnishing
the information, at rates which the Secretary determines to
be reasonable (which rates shall include payment for the costs
of obtaining, verifying, maintaining, and comparing the
information).
‘‘(l) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE AND USE.—Information in the
Federal Parent Locator Service, and information resulting from
comparisons using such information, shall not be used or disclosed
except as expressly provided in this section, subject to section
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
‘‘(m) INFORMATION INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.—The Secretary
shall establish and implement safeguards with respect to the enti-
ties established under this section designed to—
‘‘(1) ensure the accuracy and completeness of information
in the Federal Parent Locator Service; and
‘‘(2) restrict access to confidential information in the
Federal Parent Locator Service to authorized persons, and
restrict use of such information to authorized purposes.
‘‘(n) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPORTING.—Each department,
agency, and instrumentality of the United States shall on a quar-
terly basis report to the Federal Parent Locator Service the name
and social security number of each employee and the wages paid
to the employee during the previous quarter, except that such
a report shall not be filed with respect to an employee of a depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality performing intelligence or counter-
intelligence functions, if the head of such department, agency, or
instrumentality has determined that filing such a report could
endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing
investigation or intelligence mission.’’.
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) TO PART D OF TITLE IV OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
(A) Section 454(8)(B) (42 U.S.C. 654(8)(B)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(B) the Federal Parent Locator Service established
under section 453;’’.
(B) Section 454(13) (42 U.S.C.654(13)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘and provide that information requests by parents
who are residents of other States be treated with the same
priority as requests by parents who are residents of the
State submitting the plan’’ before the semicolon.
(2) 
TO
FEDERAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
TAX
ACT.—Section
3304(a)(16) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘such information’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘information furnished