points the current payment performance
level of the State for the immediately pre-
ceding fiscal year, then the applicable per-
centage with respect to the State’s current
payment performance level is 50 percent.
‘‘(D) COLLECTIONS ON CHILD SUPPORT AR-
REARAGES.—
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION
OF
ARREARAGE
PAYMENT
PERFORMANCE
LEVEL.—The ar-
rearage payment performance level for a
State for a fiscal year is equal to the total
number of cases under the State plan ap-
proved under this part in which payments
of past-due child support were received dur-
ing the fiscal year and part or all of the
payments were distributed to the family to
whom the past-due child support was owed
(or, if all past-due child support owed to the
family was, at the time of receipt, subject to
an assignment to the State, part or all of
the payments were retained by the State)
divided by the total number of cases under
the State plan in which there is past-due
child support, expressed as a percentage.
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage
with respect to a State’s arrearage payment
performance level is as follows:
‘‘If the arrearage payment perform-
ance level is:
The applica-
ble percentage
is:
At least:
But less than:
80% .........................
..................................
100
79% .........................
80% .........................
78% .........................
79% .........................
77% .........................
78% .........................
76% .........................
77% .........................
75% .........................
76% .........................
74% .........................
75% .........................
73% .........................
74% .........................
72% .........................
73% .........................
71% .........................
72% .........................
70% .........................
71% .........................
69% .........................
70% .........................
68% .........................
69% .........................
67% .........................
68% .........................
66% .........................
67% .........................
65% .........................
66% .........................
64% .........................
65% .........................
63% .........................
64% .........................
62% .........................
63% .........................
61% .........................
62% .........................
60% .........................
61% .........................
59% .........................
60% .........................
58% .........................
59% .........................
57% .........................
58% .........................
56% .........................
57% .........................
55% .........................
56% .........................
54% .........................
55% .........................
53% .........................
54% .........................
52% .........................
53% .........................
51% .........................
52% .........................
50% .........................
51% .........................
49% .........................
50% .........................
48% .........................
49% .........................
47% .........................
48% .........................
46% .........................
47% .........................
45% .........................
46% .........................
44% .........................
45% .........................
43% .........................
44% .........................
42% .........................
43% .........................
41% .........................
42% .........................
40% .........................
41% .........................
‘‘If the arrearage payment perform-
ance level is:
The applica-
ble percentage
is:
At least:
But less than:
0% ...........................
40% .........................
0.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if
the arrearage payment performance level of
a State for a fiscal year is less than 40 per-
cent but exceeds by at least 5 percentage
points the arrearage payment performance
level of the State for the immediately pre-
ceding fiscal year, then the applicable per-
centage with respect to the State’s arrearage
payment performance level is 50 percent.
‘‘(E) COST-EFFECTIVENESS.—
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION OF COST-EFFEC-
TIVENESS PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—The cost-
effectiveness performance level for a State
for a fiscal year is equal to the total
amount collected during the fiscal year
under the State plan approved under this
part divided by the total amount expended
during the fiscal year under the State plan,
expressed as a ratio.
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage
with respect to a State’s cost-effectiveness
performance level is as follows:
‘‘If the cost-effectiveness performance
level is:
The applica-
ble percentage
is:
At least:
But less than:
5.00 ..........................
..................................
100
4.50 ..........................
4.99 ..........................
4.00 ..........................
4.50 ..........................
3.50 ..........................
4.00 ..........................
3.00 ..........................
3.50 ..........................
2.50 ..........................
3.00 ..........................
2.00 ..........................
2.50 ..........................
0.00 ..........................
2.00 ..........................
0.
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF INTERSTATE COLLECTIONS.—In
computing incentive payments under this section, support
which is collected by a State at the request of another State
shall be treated as having been collected in full by both
States, and any amounts expended by a State in carrying
out a special project assisted under section 455(e) shall be
excluded.
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—The amounts of
the incentive payments to be made to the States under this
section for a fiscal year shall be estimated by the Secretary
at or before the beginning of the fiscal year on the basis
of the best information available. The Secretary shall make
the payments for the fiscal year, on a quarterly basis (with
each quarterly payment being made no later than the begin-
ning of the quarter involved), in the amounts so estimated,
reduced or increased to the extent of any overpayments or
underpayments which the Secretary determines were made
under this section to the States involved for prior periods
and with respect to which adjustment has not already been
made under this subsection. Upon the making of any esti-
mate by the Secretary under the preceding sentence, any
appropriations available for payments under this section
are deemed obligated.
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
such regulations as may be necessary governing the calcula-
tion of incentive payments under this section, including di-
rections for excluding from the calculations certain closed
cases and cases over which the States do not have jurisdic-
tion.
‘‘(f) REINVESTMENT.—A State to which a payment is
made under this section shall expend the full amount of the
payment to supplement, and not supplant, other funds used
by the State—
‘‘(1) to carry out the State plan approved under
this part; or
‘‘(2) for any activity (including cost-effective
contracts with local agencies) approved by the Sec-
retary, whether or not the expenditures for the activ-
ity are eligible for reimbursement under this part,
which may contribute to improving the effectiveness
or efficiency of the State program operated under this
part.’’.
(b) TRANSITION RULE.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law—
(1) for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall re-
duce by 1⁄3 the amount otherwise payable to a State
under section 458 of the Social Security Act, and
shall reduce by 2⁄3 the amount otherwise payable to a
State under section 458A of such Act; and
(2) for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall re-
duce by 2⁄3 the amount otherwise payable to a State
under section 458 of the Social Security Act, and
shall reduce by 1⁄3 the amount otherwise payable to a
State under section 458A of such Act.
(c) REGULATIONS.—Within 9 months after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall prescribe regulations governing the
implementation of section 458A of the Social Security Act
when such section takes effect and the implementation of
subsection (b) of this section.
(d) STUDIES.—
(1) GENERAL REVIEW OF NEW INCENTIVE PAY-
MENT SYSTEM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall conduct a study of the
implementation of the incentive payment system
established by section 458A of the Social Secu-
rity Act, in order to identify the problems and
successes of the system.
(B) REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.—
(i) REPORT ON VARIATIONS IN STATE
PERFORMANCE
ATTRIBUTABLE
TO
DEMO-
GRAPHIC VARIABLES.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to
the Congress a report that identifies any de-
mographic or economic variables that ac-
count for differences in the performance lev-
els achieved by the States with respect to the
performance measures used in the system,
and contains the recommendations of the
Secretary for such adjustments to the system
as may be necessary to ensure that the rel-
ative performance of States is measured
from a baseline that takes account of any
such variables.
(ii) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than
March 1, 2001, the Secretary shall submit
to the Congress an interim report that con-
tains the findings of the study required by
subparagraph (A).
(iii) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than
October 1, 2003, the Secretary shall submit
to the Congress a final report that contains
the final findings of the study required by
subparagraph (A). The report shall include
any recommendations for changes in the
system that the Secretary determines would
improve the operation of the child support
enforcement program.
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SUPPORT INCEN-
TIVE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health
and Human Services, in consultation with State
directors of programs operated under part D of
title IV of the Social Security Act and represent-
atives of children potentially eligible for medical
support, shall develop a performance measure
based on the effectiveness of States in establish-
ing and enforcing medical support obligations,
and shall make recommendations for the incorpo-
ration of the measure, in a revenue neutral man-
ner, into the incentive payment system estab-
lished by section 458A of the Social Security Act.
(B) REPORT.—Not later than October 1,
1999, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress
a report that describes the performance measure
and contains the recommendations required by
subparagraph (A).
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 341 of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 658 note) is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (a) and redesig-
nating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections
(a), (b), and (c), respectively; and
(B) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)—
(i) by striking paragraph (1) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(1) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
TO
PRESENT
SYSTEM.—The amendments made by subsection (a) of
this section shall become effective with respect to a
State as of the date the amendments made by section
103(a) (without regard to section 116(a)(2)) first
apply to the State.’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(c)’’
and inserting ‘‘(b)’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of section 341 of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996.
(f) ELIMINATION OF PREDECESSOR INCENTIVE PAY-
MENT SYSTEM.—
(1) REPEAL.—Section 458 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 658) is repealed.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 458A of the Social Security Act,
as added by section 201(a) of this Act, is redesig-
nated as section 458.
(B) Section 455(a)(4)(C)(iii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 655(a)(4)(C)(iii)), as added by sec-
tion 101(a) of this Act, is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘458A(b)(4)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘458(b)(4)’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘458A(b)(6)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘458(b)(6)’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘458A(b)(5)(B)’’ and
inserting ‘‘458(b)(5)(B)’’.
(C) Subsection (d)(1) of this section is
amended by striking ‘‘458A’’ and inserting
‘‘458’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 2001.
(g) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise
provided in this section, the amendments made by this sec-
tion shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
(b) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Section 474(d)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674(d)) is amended in each of para-
graphs (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘section 471(a)(18)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraph (18) or (23) of section 471(a)’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 474 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended by striking subsection (e).
(d) RETROACTIVITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of
section 202 of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
(Public Law 105–89; 111 Stat. 2125).
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 401. ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS TO THE EFFECTIVE
ESTABLISHMENT 
AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
OF
MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT.
(a) STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF ENFORCEMENT OF
MEDICAL SUPPORT BY STATE AGENCIES.—
(1) 
MEDICAL
CHILD
SUPPORT
WORKING
GROUP.—Within 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly es-
tablish a Medical Child Support Working Group. The
purpose of the Working Group shall be to identify the
impediments to the effective enforcement of medical
support by State agencies administering the programs
operated pursuant to part D of title IV of the Social
Security Act.
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall
consist of not more than 30 members and shall be
composed of representatives of—
(A) the Department of Labor;
(B) the Department of Health and Human
Services;
(C) State directors of programs under part
D of title IV of the Social Security Act;
(D) State directors of the medicaid program
under title XIX of the Social Security Act;
(E) employers, including owners of small
businesses and their trade or industry represent-
atives and certified human resource and payroll
professionals;
(F) plan administrators and plan sponsors
of group health plans (as defined in section
607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1167(1));
(G) children potentially eligible for medical
support, such as child advocacy organizations;
(H) State medical child support programs;
and
(I) organizations representing State child
support programs.
(3) COMPENSATION.—The members shall serve
without compensation.
(4) ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT.—The Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services and the Depart-
ment of Labor shall jointly provide appropriate ad-
ministrative support to the Working Group, including
technical assistance. The Working Group may use the
services and facilities of either such Department, with
or without reimbursement, as jointly determined by
such Departments.
(5) REPORT.—
(A) REPORT BY WORKING GROUP TO THE
SECRETARIES.—Not later than 18 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Work-
ing Group shall submit to the Secretary of Labor
and the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices a report containing recommendations for
appropriate measures to address the impedi-
ments to the effective enforcement of medical sup-
port by State agencies administering the pro-
grams operated pursuant to part D of title IV of
the Social Security Act identified by the Work-
ing Group, including—
(i) recommendations based on assess-
ments of the form and content of the Na-
tional Medical Support Notice, as issued
under interim regulations;
(ii) appropriate measures that estab-
lish the priority of withholding of child sup-
port obligations, medical support obliga-
tions, arrearages in such obligations, and,
in the case of a medical support obligation,
the employee’s portion of any health care
coverage premium, by such State agencies
in light of the restrictions on garnishment
provided under title III of the Consumer
Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1671–
1677);
(iii) appropriate procedures for coordi-
nating the provision, enforcement, and
transition of health care coverage under the
State programs operated pursuant to part
D of title IV of the Social Security Act and
titles XIX and XXI of such Act;
(iv) appropriate measures to improve
the availability of alternate types of medical
support that are aside from health coverage
offered through the noncustodial parent’s
health plan and unrelated to the noncusto-
dial parent’s employer, including measures
that establish a noncustodial parent’s re-
sponsibility to share the cost of premiums,
copayments, deductibles, or payments for
services not covered under a child’s existing
health coverage;
(v) recommendations on whether rea-
sonable cost should remain a consideration
under section 452(f) of the Social Security
Act; and
(vi) appropriate measures for elimi-
nating any other impediments to the effec-
tive enforcement of medical support orders
that the Working Group deems necessary.
(B) REPORT BY SECRETARIES TO THE CON-
GRESS.—Not later than 2 months after receipt of
the report pursuant to subparagraph (A), the
Secretaries shall jointly submit a report to each
House of the Congress regarding the rec-
ommendations contained in the report under
subparagraph (A).
(6) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall
terminate 30 days after the date of the issuance of its
report under paragraph (5).
(b) PROMULGATION OF NATIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT
NOTICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of Labor shall
jointly develop and promulgate by regulation a Na-
tional Medical Support Notice, to be issued by States
as a means of enforcing the health care coverage pro-
visions in a child support order.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The National Medical
Support Notice shall—
(A) conform with the requirements which
apply to medical child support orders under sec-
tion 609(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement In-
come 
Security 
Act 
of 
1974 
(29 
U.S.C.
1169(a)(3)) in connection with group health
plans (subject to section 609(a)(4) of such Act),
irrespective of whether the group health plan is
covered under section 4 of such Act;
(B) conform with the requirements of part
D of title IV of the Social Security Act; and
(C) include a separate and easily severable
employer withholding notice, informing the em-
ployer of—
(i) applicable provisions of State law
requiring the employer to withhold any em-
ployee contributions due under any group
health plan in connection with coverage re-
quired to be provided under such order;
(ii) the duration of the withholding re-
quirement;
(iii) the applicability of limitations on
any such withholding under title III of the
Consumer Credit Protection Act;
(iv) 
the 
applicability 
of 
any
prioritization required under State law be-
tween amounts to be withheld for purposes
of cash support and amounts to be withheld
for purposes of medical support, in cases
where available funds are insufficient for
full withholding for both purposes; and
(v) the name and telephone number of
the appropriate unit or division to contact
at the State agency regarding the National
Medical Support Notice.
(3) PROCEDURES.—The regulations promulgated
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include appropriate
procedures for the transmission of the National Medi-
cal Support Notice to employers by State agencies ad-
ministering the programs operated pursuant to part
D of title IV of the Social Security Act.
(4) INTERIM REGULATIONS.—Not later than 10
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretaries shall issue interim regulations providing
for the National Medical Support Notice.
(5) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year
after the issuance of the interim regulations under
paragraph (4), the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly issue
final regulations providing for the National Medical
Support Notice.
(c) REQUIRED USE BY STATES OF NATIONAL MEDICAL
SUPPORT NOTICES.—
(1) STATE PROCEDURES.—Section 466(a)(19) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(19)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(19) HEALTH
CARE
COVERAGE.—Procedures
under which—
‘‘(A) effective as provided in section
401(c)(3) of the Child Support Performance and
Incentive Act of 1998, all child support orders
enforced pursuant to this part which include a
provision for the health care coverage of the child
are enforced, where appropriate, through the use
of the National Medical Support Notice promul-
gated pursuant to section 401(b) of the Child
Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998
(and referred to in section 609(a)(5)(C) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 in connection with group health plans cov-
ered under title I of such Act, in section
401(e)(3)(C) of the Child Support Performance
and Incentive Act of 1998 in connection with
State or local group health plans, and in section
401(f)(5)(C) of such Act in connection with
church group health plans);
‘‘(B) unless alternative coverage is allowed
for in any order of the court (or other entity
issuing the child support order), in any case in
which a noncustodial parent is required under
the child support order to provide such health
care coverage and the employer of such noncusto-
dial parent is known to the State agency—
‘‘(i) the State agency uses the National
Medical Support Notice to transfer notice of
the provision for the health care coverage of
the child to the employer;
‘‘(ii) within 20 business days after the
date of the National Medical Support No-
tice, the employer is required to transfer the
Notice, excluding the severable employer
withholding notice described in section
401(b)(2)(C) of the Child Support Perform-
ance and Incentive Act of 1998, to the ap-
propriate plan providing any such health
care coverage for which the child is eligible;
‘‘(iii) in any case in which the non-
custodial parent is a newly hired employee
entered in the State Directory of New Hires
pursuant to section 453A(e), the State agen-
cy provides, where appropriate, the Na-
tional Medical Support Notice, together
with an income withholding notice issued
pursuant to section 466(b), within 2 days
after the date of the entry of such employee
in such Directory; and
‘‘(iv) in any case in which the employ-
ment of the noncustodial parent with any
employer who has received a National Medi-
cal Support Notice is terminated, such em-
ployer is required to notify the State agency
of such termination; and
‘‘(C) any liability of the noncustodial par-
ent to such plan for employee contributions
which are required under such plan for enroll-
ment of the child is effectively subject to appro-
priate enforcement, unless the noncustodial par-
ent contests such enforcement based on a mistake
of fact.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 452(f)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 652(f)) is amended in the first
sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘petition for the inclusion
of’’ and inserting ‘‘include’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and enforce medical sup-
port’’ before ‘‘whenever’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall be effective with respect to pe-
riods beginning on or after the later of—
(A) October 1, 2001; or
(B) the effective date of laws enacted by the
legislature of such State implementing such
amendments,
but in no event later than the first day of the first
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first
regular session of the State legislature that begins
after the date of the enactment of this Act. For pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, in the case of a State
that has a two-year legislative session, each year of
such session shall be deemed to be a separate regular
session of the State legislature.
(d) NATIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT NOTICE DEEMED
UNDER ERISA A QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT
ORDER.—Section 609(a)(5) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(5)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) NATIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT NOTICE
DEEMED TO BE A QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the plan admin-
istrator of a group health plan which is
maintained by the employer of a noncusto-
dial parent of a child or to which such an
employer contributes receives an appro-
priately completed National Medical Sup-
port Notice promulgated pursuant to section
401(b) of the Child Support Performance
and Incentive Act of 1998 in the case of
such child, and the Notice meets the require-
ments of paragraphs (3) and (4), the Notice
shall be deemed to be a qualified medical
child support order in the case of such child.
‘‘(ii) 
ENROLLMENT
OF
CHILD
IN
PLAN.—In any case in which an appro-
priately completed National Medical Sup-
port Notice is issued in the case of a child
of a participant under a group health plan
who is a noncustodial parent of the child,
and the Notice is deemed under clause (i) to
be a qualified medical child support order,
the plan administrator, within 40 business
days after the date of the Notice, shall—
‘‘(I) notify the State agency
issuing the Notice with respect to such
child whether coverage of the child is
available under the terms of the plan
and, if so, whether such child is cov-
ered under the plan and either the ef-
fective date of the coverage or, if nec-
essary, any steps to be taken by the
custodial parent (or by the official of a
State or political subdivision thereof
substituted for the name of such child
pursuant to paragraph (3)(A)) to effec-
tuate the coverage; and
‘‘(II) provide to the custodial par-
ent (or such substituted official) a de-
scription of the coverage available and
any forms or documents necessary to
effectuate such coverage.
‘‘(iii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this subparagraph shall be construed
as requiring a group health plan, upon re-
ceipt of a National Medical Support Notice,
to provide benefits under the plan (or eligi-
bility for such benefits) in addition to bene-
fits (or eligibility for benefits) provided
under the terms of the plan as of imme-
diately before receipt of such Notice.’’.
(e) NATIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT NOTICES FOR STATE
OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL GROUP HEALTH PLANS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State or local govern-
mental group health plan shall provide benefits in ac-
cordance with the applicable requirements of any Na-
tional Medical Support Notice.
(2) ENROLLMENT OF CHILD IN PLAN.—In any
case in which an appropriately completed National
Medical Support Notice is issued in the case of a
child of a participant under a State or local govern-
mental group health plan who is a noncustodial par-
ent of the child, the plan administrator, within 40
business days after the date of the Notice, shall—
(A) notify the State agency issuing the No-
tice with respect to such child whether coverage
of the child is available under the terms of the
plan and, if so, whether such child is covered
under the plan and either the effective date of the
coverage or any steps necessary to be taken by
the custodial parent (or by any official of a
State or political subdivision thereof substituted
in the Notice for the name of such child in ac-
cordance with procedures appliable under sub-
section (b)(2) of this section) to effectuate the
coverage; and
(B) provide to the custodial parent (or such
substituted official) a description of the coverage
available and any forms or documents necessary
to effectuate such coverage.
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed as requiring a State or
local governmental group health plan, upon receipt of
a National Medical Support Notice, to provide bene-
fits under the plan (or eligibility for such benefits) in
addition to benefits (or eligibility for benefits) pro-
vided under the terms of the plan as of immediately
before receipt of such Notice.
(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section—
(A) STATE
OR
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTAL
GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘State or local
governmental group health plan’’ means a group
health plan which is established or maintained
for its employees by the government of any State,
any political subdivision of a State, or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the fore-
going.
(B) ALTERNATE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘al-
ternate recipient’’ means any child of a partici-
pant who is recognized under a National Medi-
cal Support Notice as having a right to enroll-
ment under a State or local governmental group
health plan with respect to such participant.
(C) GROUP
HEALTH
PLAN.—The term
‘‘group health plan’’ has the meaning provided
in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974.
(D) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and
American Samoa.
(E) OTHER
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘partici-
pant’’ and ‘‘administrator’’ shall have the mean-
ings provided such terms, respectively, by para-
graphs (7) and (16) of section 3 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
(5) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The provisions of this
subsection shall take effect on the date of the issuance
of interim regulations pursuant to subsection (b)(4) of
this section.
(f) QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS
AND NATIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT NOTICES FOR CHURCH
PLANS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each church group health
plan shall provide benefits in accordance with the ap-
plicable requirements of any qualified medical child
support order. A qualified medical child support
order with respect to any participant or beneficiary
shall be deemed to apply to each such group health
plan which has received such order, from which the
participant or beneficiary is eligible to receive bene-
fits, and with respect to which the requirements of
paragraph (4) are met.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section—
(A) CHURCH GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The
term ‘‘church group health plan’’ means a group
health plan which is a church plan.
(B) QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT
ORDER.—The term ‘‘qualified medical child sup-
port order’’ means a medical child support
order—
(i) which creates or recognizes the ex-
istence of an alternate recipient’s right to,
or assigns to an alternate recipient the right
to, receive benefits for which a participant
or beneficiary is eligible under a church
group health plan; and
(ii) with respect to which the require-
ments of paragraphs (3) and (4) are met.
(C) MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.—The
term ‘‘medical child support order’’ means any
judgment, decree, or order (including approval of
a settlement agreement) which—
(i) provides for child support with re-
spect to a child of a participant under a
church group health plan or provides for
health benefit coverage to such a child, is
made pursuant to a State domestic rela-
tions law (including a community property
law), and relates to benefits under such
plan; or
(ii) is made pursuant to a law relating
to medical child support described in sec-
tion 1908 of the Social Security Act (as
added by section 13822 of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993) with re-
spect to a church group health plan,
if such judgment, decree, or order (I) is issued by
a court of competent jurisdiction or (II) is issued
through an administrative process established
under State law and has the force and effect of
law under applicable State law. For purposes of
this paragraph, an administrative notice which
is issued pursuant to an administrative process
referred to in subclause (II) of the preceding sen-
tence and which has the effect of an order de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sen-
tence shall be treated as such an order.
(D) ALTERNATE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘al-
ternate recipient’’ means any child of a partici-
pant who is recognized under a medical child
support order as having a right to enrollment
under a church group health plan with respect to
such participant.
(E) GROUP
HEALTH
PLAN.—The term
‘‘group health plan’’ has the meaning provided
in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974.
(F) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and
American Samoa.
(G) OTHER
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘partici-
pant’’, 
‘‘beneficiary’’, 
‘‘administrator’’, 
and
‘‘church plan’’ shall have the meanings provided
such terms, respectively, by paragraphs (7), (8),
(16), and (33) of section 3 of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974.
(3) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN QUALI-
FIED ORDER.—A medical child support order meets
the requirements of this paragraph only if such order
clearly specifies—
(A) the name and the last known mailing
address (if any) of the participant and the name
and mailing address of each alternate recipient
covered by the order, except that, to the extent
provided in the order, the name and mailing ad-
dress of an official of a State or a political sub-
division thereof may be substituted for the mail-
ing address of any such alternate recipient;
(B) a reasonable description of the type of
coverage to be provided to each such alternate re-
cipient, or the manner in which such type of cov-
erage is to be determined; and
(C) the period to which such order applies.
(4) RESTRICTION ON NEW TYPES OR FORMS OF
BENEFITS.—A medical child support order meets the
requirements of this paragraph only if such order
does not require a church group health plan to pro-
vide any type or form of benefit, or any option, not
otherwise provided under the plan, except to the ex-
tent necessary to meet the requirements of a law relat-
ing to medical child support described in section 1908
of the Social Security Act (as added by section 13822
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993).
(5) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—
(A) TIMELY
NOTIFICATIONS
AND
DETER-
MINATIONS.—In the case of any medical child
support order received by a church group health
plan—
(i) 
the 
plan 
administrator 
shall
promptly notify the participant and each
alternate recipient of the receipt of such
order and the plan’s procedures for deter-
mining whether medical child support or-
ders are qualified medical child support or-
ders; and
(ii) within a reasonable period after
receipt of such order, the plan adminis-
trator shall determine whether such order is
a qualified medical child support order and
notify the participant and each alternate
recipient of such determination.
(B) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES FOR
DETERMINING QUALIFIED STATUS OF ORDERS.—
Each church group health plan shall establish
reasonable procedures to determine whether med-
ical child support orders are qualified medical
child support orders and to administer the provi-
sion of benefits under such qualified orders. Such
procedures—
(i) shall be in writing;
(ii) shall provide for the notification of
each person specified in a medical child
support order as eligible to receive benefits
under the plan (at the address included in
the medical child support order) of such
procedures promptly upon receipt by the
plan of the medical child support order; and
(iii) shall permit an alternate recipi-
ent to designate a representative for receipt
of copies of notices that are sent to the alter-
nate recipient with respect to a medical
child support order.
(C) NATIONAL
MEDICAL
SUPPORT
NOTICE
DEEMED TO BE A QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the plan adminis-
trator of any church group health plan
which is maintained by the employer of a
noncustodial parent of a child or to which
such an employer contributes receives an
appropriately completed National Medical
Support Notice promulgated pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section in the case of
such child, and the Notice meets the require-
ments of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this sub-
section, the Notice shall be deemed to be a
qualified medical child support order in the
case of such child.
(ii) 
ENROLLMENT
OF
CHILD
IN
PLAN.—In any case in which an appro-
priately completed National Medical Sup-
port Notice is issued in the case of a child
of a participant under a church group
health plan who is a noncustodial parent of
the child, and the Notice is deemed under
clause (i) to be a qualified medical child
support order, the plan administrator,
within 40 business days after the date of the
Notice, shall—
(I) notify the State agency issuing
the Notice with respect to such child
whether coverage of the child is avail-
able under the terms of the plan and,
if so, whether such child is covered
under the plan and either the effective
date of the coverage or any steps nec-
essary to be taken by the custodial par-
ent (or by the official of a State or po-
litical subdivision thereof substituted
for the name of such child pursuant to
paragraph (3)(A)) to effectuate the cov-
erage; and
(II) provide to the custodial par-
ent (or such substituted official) a de-
scription of the coverage available and
any forms or documents necessary to
effectuate such coverage.
(iii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this subparagraph shall be construed
as requiring a church group health plan,
upon receipt of a National Medical Support
Notice, to provide benefits under the plan
(or eligibility for such benefits) in addition
to benefits (or eligibility for benefits) pro-
vided under the terms of the plan as of im-
mediately before receipt of such Notice.
(6) DIRECT PROVISION OF BENEFITS PROVIDED
TO ALTERNATE RECIPIENTS.—Any payment for bene-
fits made by a church group health plan pursuant to
a medical child support order in reimbursement for
expenses paid by an alternate recipient or an alter-
nate recipient’s custodial parent or legal guardian
shall be made to the alternate recipient or the alter-
nate recipient’s custodial parent or legal guardian.
(7) PAYMENT TO STATE OFFICIAL TREATED AS
SATISFACTION OF PLAN’S OBLIGATION TO MAKE PAY-
MENT TO ALTERNATE RECIPIENT.—Payment of bene-
fits by a church group health plan to an official of
a State or a political subdivision thereof whose name
and address have been substituted for the address of
an alternate recipient in a medical child support
order, pursuant to paragraph (3)(A), shall be treated,
for purposes of this subsection and part D of title IV
of the Social Security Act, as payment of benefits to
the alternate recipient.
(8) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The provisions of this
subsection shall take effect on the date of the issuance
of interim regulations pursuant to subsection (b)(4) of
this section.
(g) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE
ENFORCEMENT OF QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS.—Not later than 8 months after the issuance of
the report to the Congress pursuant to subsection (a)(5), the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary
of Labor shall jointly submit to each House of the Congress
a report containing recommendations for appropriate legis-
lation to improve the effectiveness of, and enforcement of,
qualified medical child support orders under the provisions
of subsection (f) of this section and section 609(a) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1169(a)).
(h) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) AMENDMENT RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 104-
266.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section
101 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1021(f)) is repealed.
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect as if
included in the enactment of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Cov-
erage Data Bank’’, approved October 2, 1996
(Public Law 104-226; 110 Stat. 3033).
(2) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 103-
66.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—(i) Section 4301(c)(4)(A)
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1993 (Public Law 103-66; 107 Stat. 377) is
amended by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(7)(D)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’.
(ii) Section 514(b)(7) of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
1144(b)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘enforced by’’
and inserting ‘‘they apply to’’.
(iii) Section 609(a)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act
(29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘enforces’’ and inserting ‘‘is made pur-
suant to’’.
(B) CHILD DEFINED.—Section 609(a)(2) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(2)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(D) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ includes any
child adopted by, or placed for adoption with, a
participant of a group health plan.’’.
(C) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments
made by subparagraph (A) shall be effective as
if 
included 
in 
the 
enactment 
of 
section
4301(c)(4)(A) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1993.
(3) AMENDMENT RELATED TO PUBLIC LAW 105-
33.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 609(a)(9) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(9)) is amended by
striking ‘‘the name and address’’ and inserting
‘‘the address’’.
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment
made by subparagraph (A) shall be effective as
if included in the enactment of section 5611(b)
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
SEC. 402. SAFEGUARD OF NEW EMPLOYEE INFORMATION.
(a) PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLO-
SURE, OR USE OF INFORMATION.—Section 453(l) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(l)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Information’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Information’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF INFORMATION IN
THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.—The Sec-
retary shall require the imposition of an administra-
tive penalty (up to and including dismissal from em-
ployment), and a fine of $1,000, for each act of unau-
thorized access to, disclosure of, or use of, information
in the National Directory of New Hires established
under subsection (i) by any officer or employee of the
United States who knowingly and willfully violates
this paragraph.’’.
(b) LIMITS ON RETENTION OF DATA IN THE NATIONAL
DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.—Section 453(i)(2) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 653(i)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) DATA
ENTRY
AND
DELETION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Information provided
pursuant to section 453A(g)(2) shall be entered
into the data base maintained by the National
Directory of New Hires within 2 business days
after receipt, and shall be deleted from the data
base 24 months after the date of entry.
‘‘(B) 12-MONTH LIMIT ON ACCESS TO WAGE
AND
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary shall not have access for
child support enforcement purposes to informa-
tion in the National Directory of New Hires that
is provided pursuant to section 453A(g)(2)(B), if
12 months has elapsed since the date the infor-
mation is so provided and there has not been a
match resulting from the use of such information
in any information comparison under this sub-
section.
‘‘(C) RETENTION OF DATA FOR RESEARCH
PURPOSES.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A)
and (B), the Secretary may retain such samples
of data entered in the National Directory of New
Hires as the Secretary may find necessary to as-
sist in carrying out subsection (j)(5).’’.
(c) NOTICE OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH WAGE AND
SALARY DATA ARE TO BE USED.—Within 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall notify the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Finance of the Senate of the specific purposes for
which the new hire and the wage and unemployment com-
pensation information in the National Directory of New
Hires is to be used. At least 30 days before such information
is to be used for a purpose not specified in the notice pro-
vided pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Secretary
shall notify the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate of such purpose.
(d) REPORT BY THE SECRETARY.—Within 3 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the
accuracy of the data maintained by the National Directory
of New Hires pursuant to section 453(i) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, and the effectiveness of the procedures designed to
provide for the security of such data.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on October 1, 2000.
SEC. 403. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF TANF FUNDS FOR
MATCHING UNDER CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANS-
PORTATION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 604) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(k) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF GRANT FOR MATCHING
UNDER CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) USE
LIMITATIONS.—A State to which a
grant is made under section 403 may not use any
part of the grant to match funds made available
under section 3037 of the Transportation Equity for
the 21st Century Act of 1998, unless—
‘‘(A) the grant is used for new or expanded
transportation services (and not for construc-
tion) that benefit individuals described in sub-
paragraph (C), and not to subsidize current op-
erating costs;
‘‘(B) the grant is used to supplement and
not supplant other State expenditures on trans-
portation;
‘‘(C) the preponderance of the benefits de-
rived from such use of the grant accrues to indi-
viduals who are—
‘‘(i) recipients of assistance under the
State program funded under this part;
‘‘(ii) former recipients of such assist-
ance;
‘‘(iii) noncustodial parents who are de-
scribed in item (aa) or (bb) of section
403(a)(5)(C)(ii)(II); and
‘‘(iv) low income individuals who are
at risk of qualifying for such assistance;
and
‘‘(D) the services provided through such use
of the grant promote the ability of such recipi-
ents to engage in work activities (as defined in
section 407(d)).
‘‘(2) AMOUNT LIMITATION.—From a grant made
to a State under section 403(a), the amount that a
State uses to match funds described in paragraph (1)
of this subsection shall not exceed the amount (if any)
by which 30 percent of the total amount of the grant
exceeds the amount (if any) of the grant that is used
by the State to carry out any State program de-
scribed in subsection (d)(1) of this section.
‘‘(3) RULE OF INTERPRETATION.—The provision
by a State of a transportation benefit under a pro-
gram conducted under section 3037 of the Transpor-
tation Equity for the 21st Century Act of 1998, to an
individual who is not otherwise a recipient of assist-
ance under the State program funded under this part,
using funds from a grant made under section 403(a)
of this Act, shall not be considered to be the provision
of assistance to the individual under the State pro-
gram funded under this part.’’.
(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Not later than 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to the
Committees on Ways and Means and on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Finance and on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate a report that—
(1) describes the manner in which funds made
available under section 3037 of the Transportation
Equity for the 21st Century Act of 1998 have been
used;
(2) describes whether such uses of such funds has
improved transportation services for low income indi-
viduals; and
(3) contains such other relevant information as
may be appropriate.
SEC. 404. CLARIFICATION OF MEANING OF HIGH-VOLUME
AUTOMATED 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
ENFORCE-
MENT OF CHILD SUPPORT IN INTERSTATE
CASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 466(a)(14)(B) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(14)(B)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(B) HIGH-VOLUME AUTOMATED ADMINIS-
TRATIVE ENFORCEMENT.—In this part, the term
‘high-volume automated administrative enforce-
ment’, in interstate cases, means, on request of
another State, the identification by a State,
through automated data matches with financial
institutions and other entities where assets may
be found, of assets owned by persons who owe
child support in other States, and the seizure of
such assets by the State, through levy or other
appropriate processes.’’.
(b) RETROACTIVITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment
of section 5550 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public
Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 633).
SEC. 405. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORTS.
(a) REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INSTANT CHECK SYS-
TEM.—Not later than December 31, 1998, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall report to the Committee
on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives on the feasibility and
cost of creating and maintaining a nationwide instant
child support order check system under which an employer
would be able to determine whether a newly hired employee
is required to provide support under a child support order.
(b) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND USE OF CHILD
SUPPORT DATABASES.—Not later than December 31, 1998,
the Comptroller General of the United States shall report
to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives on
the implementation of the Federal Parent Locater Service
(including the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Or-
ders and the National Directory of New Hires) established
under section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
653) and the State Directory of New Hires established
under section 453A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 653a). The report
shall include a detailed discussion of the purposes for which,
and the manner in which, the information maintained in
such databases has been used, and an examination as to
whether such databases are subject to adequate safeguards
to protect the privacy of the individuals with respect to
whom information is reported and maintained.
SEC. 406. DATA MATCHING BY MULTISTATE FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS.
(a) USE OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.—
Section 466(a)(17)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 666(a)(17)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the
Federal Parent Locator Service in the case of financial in-
stitutions doing business in 2 or more States,’’ before ‘‘a
data match system’’.
(b) FACILITATION OF AGREEMENTS.—Section 452 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 652) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(l) The Secretary, through the Federal Parent Locator
Service, may aid State agencies providing services under
State programs operated pursuant to this part and finan-
cial 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 informa-
tion 
that 
may 
be 
provided 
pursuant 
to 
section
466(a)(17)(A)(i), except that any State that, as of the date
of the enactment of this subsection, is conducting data
matches pursuant to section 466(a)(17)(A)(i) shall have
until January 1, 2000, to allow the Secretary to obtain such
information from such institutions that are operating in
the State. For purposes of section 1113(d) of the Right to
Financial Privacy Act of 1978, a disclosure pursuant to
this subsection shall be considered a disclosure pursuant to
a Federal statute.’’.
(c) 
PROTECTION
AGAINST
LIABILITY.—Section
469A(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 669a(a)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘, or for disclosing any such record to the Federal
Parent Locator Service pursuant to section 466(a)(17)(A)’’
before the period.
SEC. 407. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY DATA REPORT-
ING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 469 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 669) is amended—
(1) by striking all that precedes subsection (c)
and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 469. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT DATA.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each type of serv-
ice described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall collect
and maintain up-to-date statistics, by State, and on a fis-
cal year basis, on—
‘‘(1) the number of cases in the caseload of the
State agency administering the plan approved under
this part in which the service is needed; and
‘‘(2) the number of such cases in which the serv-
ice has actually been provided.
‘‘(b) TYPES OF SERVICES.—The statistics required by
subsection (a) shall be separately stated with respect to pa-
ternity establishment services and child support obligation
establishment services.
‘‘(c) TYPES OF SERVICE RECIPIENTS.—The statistics
required by subsection (a) shall be separately stated with
respect to—
‘‘(1) recipients of assistance under a State pro-
gram funded under part A or of payments or services
under a State plan approved under part E; and
‘‘(2) individuals who are not such recipients.’’;
and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(d) RULE OF INTERPRETATION.—’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 452(a)(10) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)) is amended—
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph
(H); and
(2) by striking subparagraph (I) and redesignat-
ing subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (I).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to information maintained with respect
to fiscal year 1995 or any succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 408. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER WEL-
FARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS.
Section 403(a)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(ii)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subclause (I) by
striking ‘‘of minors whose custodial parent is such a
recipient’’;
(2) in subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘or the non-
custodial parent’’ after ‘‘recipient’’; and
(3) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘The individ-
ual—’’ and inserting ‘‘The recipient or the minor
children of the noncustodial parent—’’.
SEC. 409. STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING IMMI-
GRATION 
PROVISIONS 
OF 
H.R. 
3130, 
AS
PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES ON MARCH 5, 1998.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, in consultation with the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service, shall conduct a study to determine the
feasibility of the provisions of title V of H.R. 3130, as
passed by the House of Representatives on March 5, 1998,
were such provisions to become law, especially whether it
would be feasible for the Immigration and Naturalization
Service to implement effectively the requirements of such
provisions.
(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of health and Human Services shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Ways and Means and on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives and the Committees on Finance and on
the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the results of the
study required by subsection (a).
SEC. 410. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Section 413(g)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 613(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Economic and
Educational Opportunities’’ and inserting ‘‘Education and
the Workforce’’.
(b) Section 422(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 622(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘under under’’
and inserting ‘‘under’’.
(c) Section 432(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 632(a)(8)) is amended by adding ‘‘; and’’ at the end.
(d) Section 453(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 653(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘parentage,’’ and inserting ‘‘par-
entage or’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘or making or enforcing child
custody or visitation orders,’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (A), by decreasing the in-
dentation of clause (iv) by 2 ems.
(e)(1) Section 5557(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 (42 U.S.C. 608 note) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘The amendment made by section
5536(1)(A) shall not take effect with respect to a State until
October 1, 2000, or such earlier date as the State may se-
lect.’’.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of section 5557 of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111
Stat. 637).
(f) Section 473A(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 673b(c)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘November 30, 1997’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘April 30, 1998’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘March 1, 1998’’ and inserting
‘‘July 1, 1998’’.
(g) Section 474(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 674(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘(subject to the limi-
tations imposed by subsection (b))’’.
(h) Section 232 of the Social Security Act Amendments
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 1314a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(D), by striking ‘‘Energy
and’’; and
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘(b)(3)(C)’’
and inserting ‘‘(b)(3)’’.
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the
Senate amendment to the title of the bill, insert the fol-
lowing: ‘‘An Act to provide for an alternative penalty pro-
cedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support
data processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive
payments for effective child support performance, to pro-
vide for a more flexible penalty procedure for States that
violate interjurisdictional adoption requirements, and for
other purposes.’’.
Attest:
Clerk.