Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980
PL 96-611 (H.R.8406), enacted 12/28/1980

94 STAT. 3566 
PUBLIC LAW 96-611—DEC. 28, 1980 
Public Law 96-611 
96th Congress 
Dec. 28, 1980 
[H.R. 8406] 
Social Security 
Act, 
amendment. 
42 u s e 1395x. 
42 u s e 1395aa. 
42 u s e 1395y. 
42 u s e 1395Z. 
Ante, pp. 2634, 
2637, 2641. 
42 u s e 1395cc. 
An Act 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for medicare coverage of 
pneumococcal vaccine and its administration. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a)(1) section 
1861(s) of the Social Security Act is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (13) as para-
graphs (11) through (14), respectively; 
(B) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (8); 
(C) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (9) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following paragraph: 
"(10) pneumococcal vaccine and its administration.". 
(2) Section 1864(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "para-
graphs (10) and (11) of section 1861(s)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"paragraphs (11) and (12) of section 1861(s)". 
(3) Section 1862(a) of such Act is amended— 
(A) by inserting ", or, in the case of items and services 
described in section 1861(s)(10), which are not reasonable and 
necessary for the prevention of illness" before the semicolon at 
the end of paragraph (1), and 
(B) by inserting "(except as otherwise allowed under section 
1861(s)(10) and paragraph (1))" in paragraph (7) after "immuniza-
tions". 
(b)(1) Section 1833(a) of such Act (as amended by sections 
932(a)(1)(B), 934(d), and 942 of the Medicare and Medicaid Amend-
ments of 1980) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "and" before "(G)" in paragraph (1); 
(B) by inserting at the end of paragraph (1) the following: "and 
(H) with respect to items and services described in section 
1861(s)(10), the amounts paid shall be 100 percent of the reason-
able charges for such items and services,"; 
(C) by inserting "and to items and services described in section 
1861(s)(10)" in paragraph (2)(A) after "home health services"; and 
(D) by inserting "(other than for items and services described 
in section 1861(s)(10))" in paragraph (3) after "but in no case may 
the payment for such services', 
(2) The first sentence of section 1833(b) of such Act is amended by 
inserting "(A)" in clause (2) after "expenses incurred", and by 
inserting before the comma at the end of such clause the following: 
", or (B) for items and services described in section 1861(s)(10)". 
(3) Subparagraph (A) of section 1861(aa)(l) of such Act is amended 
by inserting before the comma at the end the following: "and items 
and services described in section 1861(s)(10)". 
(4) Section 1866(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: "A provider of services may not impose 
a charge under clause (ii) of the first sentence of this subparagraph 
with respect to items and services described in section 1861(s)(10) for 
which payment is made under part B.". 
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94 STAT. 3567 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on, and 
apply to services furnished on or after, July 1,1981. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AND FOSTER CARE 
Effective date. 
42 u s e 1395/ 
note. 
Estimates, State 
entitlement. 
SEC 3. Section 474 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding 42 USC 674. 
at the end the following new subsection: 
"(d)(1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each quarter, 
estimate the amount to which a State will be entitled under subsec-
tions (a), (b), and (c) for such quarter, such estimates to be based on (A) 
a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total sum to 
be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such 
subsections, and stating the amount appropriated or made available 
by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures in 
such quarter, and if such amount is less than the State's proportion-
ate share of the total sum of such estimated expenditures, the source 
or sources from which the difference is expected to be derived, (B) 
records showing the number of children in the State receiving 
assistance under this part, and (c) such other investigation as the 
secretary may find necessary. 
"(2) The Secretary shall then pay to the State, in such installments 
as he may determine, the amounts so estimated, reduced or increased 
to the extent of any overpayment or underpayment which the 
Secretary determines was made under this section to such State for 
any prior quarter and with respect to which adjustment has not 
already been made under this suDsection. 
"(3) The pro rata share to which the United States is equitably Pro rata share, 
entitled, as determined by the Secretary, of the net amount recovered 
during any quarter by the State or any political subdivision thereof 
with respect to foster care and adoption assistance furnished under 
the State plan shall be considered an overpayment to be adjusted 
under this subsection.". 
SEC. 4. Section 406(a)(2) of the Social Security Act is amended— 42 USC 606. 
(1) by inserting "at the option of the State," after "(B)"; and 
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the 
following: ", or (C) at the option of the State, under the age of 
twenty-one and (as determined by the State in accordance with 
standards prescribed by the Secretary) a student regularly 
attending a school in grade twelve or below or regularly attend-
ing a course of vocational or technical training, other than a 
course provided by or through a college or university, designed to 
fit him for gainful employment". 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 1613 of the Social Security Act is amended by 42 use 1382b. 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
DISPOSAL OF RESOURCES FOR LESS THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE 
"(c)(1) In determining the resources of an individual (and his 
eligible spouse, if any) there shall be included (but subject to the 
exclusions under subsection (a)) any resource (or interest therein) 
owned by such individual or eligible spouse within the preceding 24 
months if such individual or eligible spouse gave away or sold such 
resource or interest at less than fair market value of such resource or 
interest for the purpose of establishing eligibility for benefits or 
assistance under this Act. 
"(2) Any transaction described in paragraph (1) shall be presumed 
to have been for the purpose of establishing eligibility for benefits or 
assistance under this Act unless such individual or eligible spouse 
Benefits, 
eligibility. 
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Fair market 
value or interest. 
42 u s e 1396a. 
Ante, p. 3567. 
Ineligibility 
period. 
Medical 
assistance, 
eligibility. 
Effective date. 
42 u s e 1382b 
note. 
42 u s e 1381. 
furnishes convincing evidence to establish that the transaction was 
exclusively for some other purpose. 
"(3) For purposes of paragraph (1) the value of such a resource or 
interest shall be the fair market value of such resource or interest at 
the time it was sold or given away, less the amount of compensation 
received for such resource or interest, if any.". 
(b) Section 1902 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(j)(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an individ-
ual who would otherwise be eligible for medical assistance under the 
State plan approved under this title may be denied such assistance if 
such individual would not be eligible for such medical assistance but 
for the fact that he disposed of resources for less than fair market 
value. If the State plan provides for the denial of such assistance by 
reason of such disposal of resources, the State plan shall specify a 
procedure for implementing such denial which, except as provided in 
paragraph (2), is not more restrictive than the procedure specified in 
section 1613(c) of this Act. 
"(2) In any case where the uncompensated value of disposed of 
resources exceeds $12,000, the State plan may provide for a period of 
ineligibility which exceeds 24 months. If a State plan provides for a 
period of ineligibility exceeding 24 months, such plan shall provide 
for the period of ineligibility to bear a reasonable relationship to 
such uncompensated value. 
"(3) In any case where an individual is ineligible for medical 
assistance under the State plan solely because of the applicability to 
such individual of the provisions of section 1613(c), the State plan 
may provide for the eligibility of such individual for medical assist-
ance under the plan if such individual would be so eligible if the State 
plan requirements with respect to disposal of resources applicable 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection were applied in lieu of 
the provisions of section 1613(c).". 
(c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective with 
respect to applications for benefits under title XVI of the Social 
Security Act filed on or after the first day of the first month which 
begins at least 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Parental 
Kidnaping 
Prevention Act 
of 1980. 
42 u s e 1305 
note. 
28 u s e 1738A 
note. 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 6. Sections 6 to 10 of this Act may be cited as the 
Kidnaping Prevention Act of 1980". 
FINDINGS AND PURPOSES 
'Parental 
SEC. 7. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) there is a large and growing number of cases annually 
involving disputes between persons claiming rights of custody 
and visitation of children under the laws, and in the courts, of 
different States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United 
States; 
(2) the laws and practices by which the courts of those jurisdic-
tions determine their jurisdiction to decide such disputes, and 
the effect to be given the decisions of such disputes by the courts 
of other jurisdictions, are often inconsistent and conflicting; 
(3) those characteristics of the law and practice in such cases, 
along with the limits imposed by a Federal system on the 
authority of each such jurisdiction to conduct investigations and 
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94 STAT. 3569 
take other actions outside its own boundaries, contribute to a 
tendency of parties involved in such disputes to frequently resort 
to the seizure, restraint, concealment, and interstate transporta-
tion of children, the disregard of court orders, excessive relitiga-
tion of cases, obtaining of conflicting orders by the courts of 
various jurisdictions, and interstate travel and communication 
that is so expensive and time consuming as to disrupt their 
occupations and commercial activities; and 
(4) among the results of those conditions and activities are the 
failure of the courts of such jurisdictions to give full faith and 
credit to the judicial proceedings of the other jurisdictions, the 
deprivation of rights of liberty and property without due process 
of law, burdens on commerce among such jurisdictions and with 
foreign nations, and harm to the welfare of children and their 
parents and other custodians. 
(b) For those reasons it is necessary to establish a national system 
for locating parents and children who travel from one such jurisdic-
tion to another and are concealed in connection with such disputes, 
and to establish national standards under which the courts of such 
jurisdictions will determine their jurisdiction to decide such disputes 
and the effect to be given by each such jurisdiction to such decisions 
by the courts of other such jurisdictions. 
(c) The general purposes of sections 6 to 10 of this Act are to— 
(1) promote cooperation between State courts to the end that a 
determination of custody and visitation is rendered in the State 
which can best decide the case in the interest of the child; 
(2) promote and expand the exchange of information and other 
forms of mutual assistance between States which are concerned 
with the same child; 
(3) facilitate the enforcement of custody and visitation decrees 
of sister States; 
(4) discourage continuing interstate controversies over child 
custody in the interest of greater stability of home environment 
and of secure family relationships for the child; 
(5) avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict between State 
courts in matters of child custody and visitation which have in 
the past resulted in the shifting of children from State to State 
with harmful effects on their well-being; and 
(6) deter interstate abductions and other unilateral removals of 
children undertaken to obtain custody and visitation awards. 
National system 
of locating 
parents 
and children, 
establishment. 
PULL FAITH AND CREDIT GIVEN TO CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATIONS 
SEC. 8. (a) Chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
adding immediately after section 1738 the following new section: 
"§1738A. 
Full 
faith 
and 
credit 
given 
to 
child 
custody 28 use 1738A 
determinations 
"(a) The appropriate authorities of every State shall enforce accord-
ing to its terms, and shall not modify except as provided in subsection 
(f) of this section, any child custody determination made consistently 
with the provisions of this section by a court of another State. 
"(b) As used in this section, the term— 
Definitions. 
"(1) 'child' means a person under the age of eighteen; 
"(2) 'contestant' means a person, including a parent, who 
claims a right to custody or visitation of a child; 
"(3) 'custody determination' means a judgment, decree, or 
other order of a court providing for the custody or visitation of a 
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child, and includes permanent and temporary orders, and initial 
orders and modifications; 
"(4) 'home State' means the State in which, immediately 
preceding the time involved, the child lived with his parents, a 
parent, or a person acting as parent, for at least six consecutive 
months, and in the case of a child less than six months old, the 
State in which the child lived from birth with any of such 
persons. Periods of temporary absence of any of such persons are 
counted as part of the six-month or other period; 
"(5) 'modification' and 'modify' refer to a custody determina-
tion which modifies, replaces, supersedes, or otherwise is made 
subsequent to, a prior custody determination concerning the 
same child, whether made by the same court or not; 
"(6) 'person acting as a parent' means a person, other than a 
parent, who has physical custody of a child and who has either 
been awarded custody by a court or claims a right to custody; 
"(7) 'physical custody' means actual possession and control of a 
child; and 
"(8) 'State' means a State of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or 
possession of the United States. 
"(c) A child custody determination made by a court of a State is 
consistent with the provisions of this section only if^ 
"(1) such court has jurisdiction under the law of such State; 
and 
"(2) one of the following conditions is met: 
"(A) such State (i) is the home State of the child on the date 
of the commencement of the proceeding, or (ii) had been the 
child's home State within six months before the date of the 
commencement of the proceeding and the fchild is absent 
from such State because of his removal or r\etention by a 
contestant or for other reasons, and a contestiant continues 
to live in such State; 
"(B)(i) it appears that no other State would have jurisdic-
tion under subparagraph (A), and (ii) it is in the best interest 
.:'. 
of the child that a court of such State assume jurisdiction 
because (I) the child and his parents, or the child and at least 
one contestant, have a significant connection with such 
State other than mere physical presence in such State, and 
(II) there is available in such State substantial evidence 
concerning the child's present or future care, protection, 
training, and personal relationships; 
"(C) the child is physically present in such State and (i) the 
child has been abandoned, or (ii) it is necessary in an 
emergency to protect the child because he has been subjected 
to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse; 
"(D)(i) it appears that no other State would have jurisdic-
tion under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (E), or another State 
has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that the 
State whose jurisdiction is in issue is the more appropriate 
forum to determine the custody of the child, and (ii) it is in 
the best interest of the child that such court assume jurisdic-
tion; or 
"(E) the court has continuing jurisdiction pursuant to 
subsection (d) of this section. 
"(d) The jurisdiction of a court of a State which has made a child 
custody determination consistently with the provisions of this section 
continues as long as the requirement of subsection (c)(1) of this 
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94 STAT. 3571 
section continues to be met and such State remains the residence of 
the child or of any contestant. 
"(e) Before a child custody determination is made, reasonable 
notice and opportunity to be heard shall be given to the contestants, 
any parent whose parental rights have not been previously termi-
nated and any person who has physical custody of a child. 
"(f) A court of a State may modify a determination of the custody of 
the same child made by a court of another State, if— 
"(1) it has jurisdiction to make such a child custody determina-
tion; and 
"(2) the court of the other State no longer has jurisdiction, or it 
has declined to exercise such jurisdiction to modify such determi-
nation. 
"(g) A court of a State shall not exercise jurisdiction in any 
proceeding for a custody determination commenced during the pend-
ency of a proceeding in a court of another State where such court of 
that other State is exercising jurisdiction consistently with the 
provisions of this section to make a custody determination.". 
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 115 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 1738 the following new item: 
"1738A. Full faith and credit given to child custody determinations.". 
(c) In furtherance of the purposes of section 1738A of title 28, 28 USC 1738A 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section. State ^^^- 
„ 
courts are encouraged to— 
" ^' ^ 
(1) afford priority to proceedings for custody determinations; 
and 
(2) award to the person entitled to custody or visitation 
pursuant to a custody determination which is consistent with the 
provisions of such section 1738A, necessary travel expenses, Ante, p. 3569. 
attorneys' fees, costs of private investigations, witness fees or 
expenses, and other expenses incurred in connection with such 
custody determination in any case in which— 
(A) a contestant has, without the consent of the person 
entitled to custody or visitation pursuant to a custody 
determination which is consistent with the provisions of 
such section 1738A, (i) wrongfully removed the child from 
the physical custody of such person, or (ii) wrongfully 
retained the child after a visit or other temporary relin-
quishment of physical custody; or 
(B) the court determines it is appropriate. 
USE OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
ENFORCEMENT OR DETERMINATION OF CHILD CUSTODY AND IN CASES 
OF PARENTAL KIDNAPING OF A CHILD 
SEC. 9. (a) Section 454 of the Social Security Act is amended— 42 use 654. 
(1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (15); 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (16) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following new para-
graph: 
"(17) in the case of a State which has in effect an agreement with 
the Secretary entered into pursuant to section 463 for the use of the Post, p. 3572. 
Parent Locator Service established under section 453, to accept and 42 usc 653. 
transmit to the Secretary requests for information authorized under 
the provisions of the agreement to be furnished by such Service to 
authorized persons, and to impose and collect (in accordance with 
94 STAT. 3572 
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regulations of the Secretary) a fee sufficient to cover the costs to the 
State and to the Secretary incurred by reason of such requests, to 
transmit to the Secretary from time to time (in accordance with such 
regulations) so much of the fees collected as are attributable to such 
costs to the Secretary so incurred, and during the period that such 
agreement is in effect, otherwise to comply with such agreement and 
regulations of the Secretary with respect thereto.". 
(b) Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"USE OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
ENFORCEMENT OR DETERMINATION OF CHILD CUSTODY AND IN CASES 
OF PARENTAL KIDNAPING OF A CHILD 
42 use 663. 
"SEC. 463. (a) The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with any 
State which is able and willing to do so, under which the services of 
the Parent Locator Service established under section 453 shall be 
made available to such State for the purpose of determining the 
whereabouts of any absent parent or child when such information is 
to be used to locate such parent or child for the purpose of— 
"(1) enforcing any State or Federal law with respect to the 
unlawful taking or restraint of a child; or 
"(2) making or enforcing a child custody determination. 
"(b) An agreement entered into under this section shall provide 
42 use 654. 
that the State agency described in section 454 will, under procedures 
prescribed by the Secretary in regulations, receive and transmit to 
the Secretary requests from authorized persons for information as to 
(or useful in determining) the whereabouts of any absent parent or 
child when such information is to be used to locate such parent or 
child for the purpose o
f
— 
"(1) enforcing any State or Federal law with respect to the 
unlawful taking or restraint of a child; or 
"(2) making or enforcing a child custody determination. 
"(c) Information authorized to be provided by the Secretary under 
this section shall be subject to the same conditions with respect to 
disclosure as information authorized to be provided under section 
42 use 653. 
453, and a request for information by the Secretary under this section 
shall be considered to be a request for information under section 453 
which is authorized to be provided under such section. Only informa-
tion as to the most recent address and place of employment of any 
absent parent or child shall be provided under this section. 
Definitions. 
"(d) For purposes of this section— 
"(1) the term 'custody determination' means a judgment, 
decree, or other order of a court providing for the custody or 
visitation of a child, and includes permanent and temporary 
orders, and initial orders and modification; 
"(2) the term 'authorized person' means— 
"(A) any agent or attorney of any State having an agree-
ment under this section, who has the duty or authority 
under the law of such State to enforce a child custody 
determination; 
"(B) any court having jurisdiction to make or enforce such 
a child custody determination, or any agent of such court; 
and 
"(C) any agent or attorney of the United States, or of a 
State having an agreement under this section, who has the 
duty or authority to investigate, enforce, or bring a prosecu-
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94 STAT. 3573 
tion with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a 
child.". 
(c) Section 455(a) of such Act is amended by adding after paragraph 42 USC 655. 
(3) the following: "except that no amount shall be paid to any State on 
account of amounts expended to carrv out an agreement which it has 
entered into pursuant to section 463.'. 
Ante, p. 3572. 
(d) No agreement entered into under section 463 of the Social Effective date. 
Security Act shall become effective before the date on which section ^2 USC 663 note. 
1738A of title 28, United States Code (as added by this title) becomes Ante, p. 3569. 
effective. 
PARENTAL KIDNAPING 
SEC. 10. (a) In view of the findings of the Congress and the purposes 18 use 1073 
of sections 6 to 10 of this Act set forth in section 302, the Congress "°*^ 
hereby expressly declares its intent that section 1073 of title 18, 
United States Code, apply to cases involving parental kidnaping and 
interstate or international flight to avoid prosecution under appli-
cable State felony statutes. 
(b) The Attorney General of the United States, not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this section (and once every 6 
months during the 3-year period following such 120-day period), shall 
submit a report to the Congress with respect to steps taken to comply 
with the intent of the Congress set forth in subsection (a). Each such 
report shall include— 
(1) data relating to the number of applications for complaints 
under section 1073 of title 18, United States Code, in cases 
involving parental kidnaping; 
(2) data relating to the number of complaints issued in such 
cases; and 
(3) such other information as may assist in describing the 
activities of the Department of Justice in conformance with such 
intent. 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CHILD 
SUPPORT AUDITS 
SEC. U . (a)(1) Section 127(a)(1) of the Food Stamp Act Amendments 
of 1980 (Public Law 96-249), is amended by striking out "Subsection Ante, p. 365. 
(i) of section 6103" and inserting in lieu thereof "Subsection (1) of 
section 6103". 
(2)(A) Section 408(a)(1) of the Social Security Disability Amend-
ments of 1980 (Public Law 96-265), is amended by striking out (in the Ante, p. 468. 
new paragraph added thereby to subsection (1) of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954) "(7) Disclosure" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(8) Disclosure". 
(B) Section 408(a)(2) of the Social Security Disability Amendments 
of 1980 is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by— 
(I) striking out "(1X1) or (4)(B) or (5)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(1)(1), (4)(B), (5), or (7)", and 
(II) striking out "(1)(1), (4)(B), (5), or (7)" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "(1)(1), (4)(B), (5), (7), or (8)"; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by— 
(I) striking out "(1) (3) or (6)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(1) (3), (6), or (7)", and 
(II) striking out "(1) (3), (6), or (7)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(1) (3), (6), (7), or (8)"; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by— 
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O—81—pt. 3 
59:QL3 
94 STAT. 3574 
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(I) striking out "(1)(6)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) (6) 
or (7)", and 
(II) striking out "(1) (6) or (7)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(1) (6), (7), or (8)"; and 
26 use 7213. 
(iv) in subparagraph (D), b y -
C
D striking out "subsection (d), (1)(6) or (m)(4)(B)" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (d), (1) (6) or (7), or 
(m)(4)(B)", and 
(II) striking out "subsection (d), (1) (6) or (7), or (m)(4)(B)" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (d), (1) (6), (7), or (8), 
or(m)(4)(B)". 
(3) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on May 
26,1980 and the amendments made by paragraph (2) shall take effect 
on June 9,1980. 
(4)(A) The first sentence of section 7213(a)(2) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1954 (relating to unauthorized disclosure of information 
by State and other employees) is amended bv striking out "(1) (6) or (7)" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) (6), (7), or (8)". 
(B) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
December 5,1980. 
(b)(1) Section 309 of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act 
of 1980 is amended by striking out "fiscal year 1977 or fiscal year 1978 
shall be made prior to October 1, 1980" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"any of the fiscal years 1977 through 1980 shall be made prior to 
October 1,1981". 
(2) The regulations pertaining to audit criteria (as set forth in 45 
CFR 305.20) and the regulations pertaining to penalty for failure to 
have an effective child support enforcement program (as set forth in 
45 CFR 305.50), under the child support program established by title 
42 use 651. 
IV-D of the Social Security Act, as in effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act, shall remain in effect until October 1,1981. 
42 use 655. 
(c) Section 455(a) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking 
out the semicolon at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a 
period. 
Approved December 28, 1980. 
Effective date. 
26 u s e 6103 
note. 
26 u s e 7213. 
Effective date. 
26 u s e 7213 
note. 
Ante, p. 532. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
eONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Dec. 5, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 13, considered and passed Senate, amended; House agreed to Senate 
amendments.