sumer Price Index’ means the last Consumer
Price Index for all-urban consumers published 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—
‘‘(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 re-
spect to a State and a fiscal year, the sum of the ap-
plicable percentages (determined in accordance with
paragraph (6)) multiplied by the corresponding maxi-
mum incentive base amounts for the State for the fis-
cal year, with respect to each of the following meas-
ures 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—
‘‘(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 subparagraph
(A), the maximum incentive base amount for a
State for a fiscal year with respect to a perform-
ance 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 reli-
able.
‘‘(C) STATE COLLECTIONS BASE.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the State collections
base for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of—
‘‘(i) 2 times the sum of—
‘‘(I) the total amount of support
collected during the fiscal year under
the State plan approved under this
part in cases in which the support ob-
ligation involved is required to be as-
signed to the State pursuant to part A
or E of this title or title XIX; and
‘‘(II) the total amount of support
collected during the fiscal year under
the State plan approved under this
part in cases in which the support ob-
ligation involved was so assigned but,
at the time of collection, is not required
to be so assigned; and
‘‘(ii) the total amount of support col-
lected during the fiscal year under the State
plan approved under this part in all other
cases.
‘‘(6) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE PERCENT-
AGES BASED ON PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—
‘‘(A) PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION
OF
PATERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT
PERFORMANCE
LEVEL.—
The paternity establishment performance
level for a State for a fiscal year is, at the
option of the State, the IV–D paternity es-
tablishment percentage determined under
section 452(g)(2)(A) or the statewide pater-
nity establishment percentage determined
under section 452(g)(2)(B).
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage
with respect to a State’s paternity establish-
ment performance level is as follows:
‘‘If the paternity establishment per-
formance level is:
The applica-
ble percentage
is:
At least:
But less than:
80% ........................
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100
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77% ........................
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76% ........................
77% ........................
75% ........................
76% ........................
74% ........................
75% ........................
73% ........................
74% ........................
72% ........................
73% ........................
71% ........................
72% ........................
70% ........................
71% ........................
69% ........................
70% ........................
68% ........................
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66% ........................
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