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[CITE: 42USC652]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
              WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
 
          Part D--Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
 
Sec. 652. Duties of Secretary


(a) Establishment of separate organizational unit; duties

    The Secretary shall establish, within the Department of Health and 
Human Services a separate organizational unit, under the direction of a 
designee of the Secretary, who shall report directly to the Secretary 
and who shall--
        (1) establish such standards for State programs for locating 
    noncustodial parents, establishing paternity, and obtaining child 
    support and support for the spouse (or former spouse) with whom the 
    noncustodial parent's child is living as he determines to be 
    necessary to assure that such programs will be effective;
        (2) establish minimum organizational and staffing requirements 
    for State units engaged in carrying out such programs under plans 
    approved under this part;
        (3) review and approve State plans for such programs;
        (4)(A) review data and calculations transmitted by State 
    agencies pursuant to section 654(15)(B) of this title on State 
    program accomplishments with respect to performance indicators for 
    purposes of subsection (g) of this section and section 658 of this 
    title;
        (B) review annual reports submitted pursuant to section 
    654(15)(A) of this title and, as appropriate, provide to the State 
    comments, recommendations for additional or alternative corrective 
    actions, and technical assistance; and
        (C) conduct audits, in accordance with the Government auditing 
    standards of the Comptroller General of the United States--
            (i) at least once every 3 years (or more frequently, in the 
        case of a State which fails to meet the requirements of this 
        part concerning performance standards and reliability of program 
        data) to assess the completeness, reliability, and security of 
        the data and the accuracy of the reporting systems used in 
        calculating performance indicators under subsection (g) of this 
        section and section 658 of this title;
            (ii) of the adequacy of financial management of the State 
        program operated under the State plan approved under this part, 
        including assessments of--
                (I) whether Federal and other funds made available to 
            carry out the State program are being appropriately 
            expended, and are properly and fully accounted for; and
                (II) whether collections and disbursements of support 
            payments are carried out correctly and are fully accounted 
            for; and

            (iii) for such other purposes as the Secretary may find 
        necessary;

        (5) assist States in establishing adequate reporting procedures 
    and maintain records of the operations of programs established 
    pursuant to this part in each State, and establish procedures to be 
    followed by States for collecting and reporting information required 
    to be provided under this part, and establish uniform definitions 
    (including those necessary to enable the measurement of State 
    compliance with the requirements of this part relating to expedited 
    processes) to be applied in following such procedures;
        (6) maintain records of all amounts collected and disbursed 
    under programs established pursuant to the provisions of this part 
    and of the costs incurred in collecting such amounts;
        (7) provide technical assistance to the States to help them 
    establish effective systems for collecting child and spousal support 
    and establishing paternity, and specify the minimum requirements of 
    an affidavit to be used for the voluntary acknowledgment of 
    paternity which shall include the social security number of each 
    parent and, after consultation with the States, other common 
    elements as determined by such designee;
        (8) receive applications from States for permission to utilize 
    the courts of the United States to enforce court orders for support 
    against noncustodial parents and, upon a finding that (A) another 
    State has not undertaken to enforce the court order of the 
    originating State against the noncustodial parent within a 
    reasonable time, and (B) that utilization of the Federal courts is 
    the only reasonable method of enforcing such order, approve such 
    applications;
        (9) operate the Federal Parent Locator Service established by 
    section 653 of this title;
        (10) not later than three months after the end of each fiscal 
    year, beginning with the year 1977, submit to the Congress a full 
    and complete report on all activities undertaken pursuant to the 
    provisions of this part, which report shall include, but not be 
    limited to, the following:
            (A) total program costs and collections set forth in 
        sufficient detail to show the cost to the States and the Federal 
        Government, the distribution of collections to families, State 
        and local governmental units, and the Federal Government; and an 
        identification of the financial impact of the provisions of this 
        part, including--
                (i) the total amount of child support payments collected 
            as a result of services furnished during the fiscal year to 
            individuals receiving services under this part;
                (ii) the cost to the States and to the Federal 
            Government of so furnishing the services; and
                (iii) the number of cases involving families--
                    (I) who became ineligible for assistance under State 
                programs funded under part A of this subchapter during a 
                month in the fiscal year; and
                    (II) with respect to whom a child support payment 
                was received in the month;

            (B) costs and staff associated with the Office of Child 
        Support Enforcement;
            (C) the following data, separately stated for cases where 
        the child is receiving assistance under a State program funded 
        under part A of this subchapter (or foster care maintenance 
        payments under part E of this subchapter), or formerly received 
        such assistance or payments and the State is continuing to 
        collect support assigned to it pursuant to section 608(a)(3) of 
        this title or under section 671(a)(17) or 1396k of this title, 
        and for all other cases under this part:
                (i) the total number of cases in which a support 
            obligation has been established in the fiscal year for which 
            the report is submitted;
                (ii) the total number of cases in which a support 
            obligation has been established;
                (iii) the number of cases in which support was collected 
            during the fiscal year;
                (iv) the total amount of support collected during such 
            fiscal year and distributed as current support;
                (v) the total amount of support collected during such 
            fiscal year and distributed as arrearages;
                (vi) the total amount of support due and unpaid for all 
            fiscal years; and
                (vii) the number of child support cases filed in each 
            State in such fiscal year, and the amount of the collections 
            made in each State in such fiscal year, on behalf of 
            children residing in another State or against parents 
            residing in another State;

            (D) the status of all State plans under this part as of the 
        end of the fiscal year last ending before the report is 
        submitted, together with an explanation of any problems which 
        are delaying or preventing approval of State plans under this 
        part;
            (E) data, by State, on the use of the Federal Parent Locator 
        Service, and the number of locate requests submitted without the 
        noncustodial parent's social security account number;
            (F) the number of cases, by State, in which an applicant for 
        or recipient of assistance under a State program funded under 
        part A of this subchapter has refused to cooperate in 
        identifying and locating the noncustodial parent and the number 
        of cases in which refusal so to cooperate is based on good cause 
        (as determined by the State);
            (G) data, by State, on use of the Internal Revenue Service 
        for collections, the number of court orders on which collections 
        were made, the number of paternity determinations made and the 
        number of parents located, in sufficient detail to show the cost 
        and benefits to the States and to the Federal Government;
            (H) the major problems encountered which have delayed or 
        prevented implementation of the provisions of this part during 
        the fiscal year last ending prior to the submission of such 
        report; and
            (I) compliance, by State, with the standards established 
        pursuant to subsections (h) and (i) of this section; and

        (11) not later than October 1, 1996, after consulting with the 
    State directors of programs under this part, promulgate forms to be 
    used by States in interstate cases for--
            (A) collection of child support through income withholding;
            (B) imposition of liens; and
            (C) administrative subpoenas.

(b) Certification of child support obligations to Secretary of the 
        Treasury for collection

    The Secretary shall, upon the request of any State having in effect 
a State plan approved under this part, certify to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for collection pursuant to the provisions of section 6305 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 the amount of any child support 
obligation (including any support obligation with respect to the parent 
who is living with the child and receiving assistance under the State 
program funded under part A of this subchapter) which is assigned to 
such State or is undertaken to be collected by such State pursuant to 
section 654(4) of this title. No amount may be certified for collection 
under this subsection except the amount of the delinquency under a court 
or administrative order for support and upon a showing by the State that 
such State has made diligent and reasonable efforts to collect such 
amounts utilizing its own collection mechanisms, and upon an agreement 
that the State will reimburse the Secretary of the Treasury for any 
costs involved in making the collection. All reimbursements shall be 
credited to the appropriation accounts which bore all or part of the 
costs involved in making the collections. The Secretary after 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury may, by regulation, 
establish criteria for accepting amounts for collection and for making 
certification under this subsection including imposing such limitations 
on the frequency of making such certifications under this subsection.

(c) Payment of child support collections to States

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time pay to each 
State for distribution in accordance with the provisions of section 657 
of this title the amount of each collection made on behalf of such State 
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Child support management information system

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall not 
approve the initial and annually updated advance automated data 
processing planning document, referred to in section 654(16) of this 
title, unless he finds that such document, when implemented, will 
generally carry out the objectives of the management system referred to 
in such subsection, and such document--
        (A) provides for the conduct of, and reflects the results of, 
    requirements analysis studies, which include consideration of the 
    program mission, functions, organization, services, constraints, and 
    current support, of, in, or relating to, such system,
        (B) contains a description of the proposed management system 
    referred to in section 654(16) of this title, including a 
    description of information flows, input data, and output reports and 
    uses,
        (C) sets forth the security and interface requirements to be 
    employed in such management system,
        (D) describes the projected resource requirements for staff and 
    other needs, and the resources available or expected to be available 
    to meet such requirements,
        (E) contains an implementation plan and backup procedures to 
    handle possible failures,
        (F) contains a summary of proposed improvement of such 
    management system in terms of qualitative and quantitative benefits, 
    and
        (G) provides such other information as the Secretary determines 
    under regulation is necessary.

    (2)(A) The Secretary shall through the separate organizational unit 
established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, on a continuing 
basis, review, assess, and inspect the planning, design, and operation 
of, management information systems referred to in section 654(16) of 
this title, with a view to determining whether, and to what extent, such 
systems meet and continue to meet requirements imposed under paragraph 
(1) and the conditions specified under section 654(16) of this title.
    (B) If the Secretary finds with respect to any statewide management 
information system referred to in section 654(16) of this title that 
there is a failure substantially to comply with criteria, requirements, 
and other undertakings, prescribed by the advance automated data 
processing planning document theretofore approved by the Secretary with 
respect to such system, then the Secretary shall suspend his approval of 
such document until there is no longer any such failure of such system 
to comply with such criteria, requirements, and other undertakings so 
prescribed.
    (3) The Secretary may waive any requirement of paragraph (1) or any 
condition specified under section 654(16) of this title, and shall waive 
the single statewide system requirement under sections 654(16) and 654a 
of this title, with respect to a State if--
        (A) the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
    that the State has or can develop an alternative system or systems 
    that enable the State--
            (i) for purposes of section 609(a)(8) of this title, to 
        achieve the paternity establishment percentages (as defined in 
        subsection (g)(2) of this section) and other performance 
        measures that may be established by the Secretary;
            (ii) to submit data under section 654(15)(B) of this title 
        that is complete and reliable;
            (iii) to substantially comply with the requirements of this 
        part; and
            (iv) in the case of a request to waive the single statewide 
        system requirement, to--
                (I) meet all functional requirements of sections 654(16) 
            and 654a of this title;
                (II) ensure that calculation of distributions meets the 
            requirements of section 657 of this title and accounts for 
            distributions to children in different families or in 
            different States or sub-State jurisdictions, and for 
            distributions to other States;
                (III) ensure that there is only one point of contact in 
            the State which provides seamless case processing for all 
            interstate case processing and coordinated, automated 
            intrastate case management;
                (IV) ensure that standardized data elements, forms, and 
            definitions are used throughout the State;
                (V) complete the alternative system in no more time than 
            it would take to complete a single statewide system that 
            meets such requirement; and
                (VI) process child support cases as quickly, 
            efficiently, and effectively as such cases would be 
            processed through a single statewide system that meets such 
            requirement;

        (B)(i) the waiver meets the criteria of paragraphs (1), (2), and 
    (3) of section 1315(c) of this title; or
        (ii) the State provides assurances to the Secretary that steps 
    will be taken to otherwise improve the State's child support 
    enforcement program; and
        (C) in the case of a request to waive the single statewide 
    system requirement, the State has submitted to the Secretary 
    separate estimates of the total cost of a single statewide system 
    that meets such requirement, and of any such alternative system or 
    systems, which shall include estimates of the cost of developing and 
    completing the system and of operating and maintaining the system 
    for 5 years, and the Secretary has agreed with the estimates.

(e) Technical assistance to States

    The Secretary shall provide such technical assistance to States as 
he determines necessary to assist States to plan, design, develop, or 
install and provide for the security of, the management information 
systems referred to in section 654(16) of this title.

(f) Regulations

    The Secretary shall issue regulations to require that State agencies 
administering the child support enforcement program under this part 
petition for the inclusion of medical support as part of any child 
support order whenever health care coverage is available to the 
noncustodial parent at a reasonable cost. Such regulation shall also 
provide for improved information exchange between such State agencies 
and the State agencies administering the State medicaid programs under 
subchapter XIX of this chapter with respect to the availability of 
health insurance coverage.

(g) Performance standards for State paternity establishment programs

    (1) A State's program under this part shall be found, for purposes 
of section 609(a)(8) of this title, not to have complied substantially 
with the requirements of this part unless, for any fiscal year beginning 
on or after October 1, 1994, its paternity establishment percentage for 
such fiscal year is based on reliable data and (rounded to the nearest 
whole percentage point) equals or exceeds--
        (A) 90 percent;
        (B) for a State with a paternity establishment percentage of not 
    less than 75 percent but less than 90 percent for such fiscal year, 
    the paternity establishment percentage of the State for the 
    immediately preceding fiscal year plus 2 percentage points;
        (C) for a State with a paternity establishment percentage of not 
    less than 50 percent but less than 75 percent for such fiscal year, 
    the paternity establishment percentage of the State for the 
    immediately preceding fiscal year plus 3 percentage points;
        (D) for a State with a paternity establishment percentage of not 
    less than 45 percent but less than 50 percent for such fiscal year, 
    the paternity establishment percentage of the State for the 
    immediately preceding fiscal year plus 4 percentage points;
        (E) for a State with a paternity establishment percentage of not 
    less than 40 percent but less than 45 percent for such fiscal year, 
    the paternity establishment percentage of the State for the 
    immediately preceding fiscal year plus 5 percentage points; or
        (F) for a State with a paternity establishment percentage of 
    less than 40 percent for such fiscal year, the paternity 
    establishment percentage of the State for the immediately preceding 
    fiscal year plus 6 percentage points.

In determining compliance under this section, a State may use as its 
paternity establishment percentage either the State's IV-D paternity 
establishment percentage (as defined in paragraph (2)(A)) or the State's 
statewide paternity establishment percentage (as defined in paragraph 
(2)(B)).
    (2) For purposes of this section--
        (A) the term ``IV-D paternity establishment percentage'' means, 
    with respect to a State for a fiscal year, the ratio (expressed as a 
    percentage) that the total number of children--
            (i) who have been born out of wedlock,
            (ii)(I) except as provided in the last sentence of this 
        paragraph, with respect to whom assistance is being provided 
        under the State program funded under part A of this subchapter 
        in the fiscal year or, at the option of the State, as of the end 
        of such year, or (II) with respect to whom services are being 
        provided under the State's plan approved under this part in the 
        fiscal year or, at the option of the State, as of the end of 
        such year pursuant to an application submitted under section 
        654(4)(A)(ii) of this title, and
            (iii) the paternity of whom has been established or 
        acknowledged,

    bears to the total number of children born out of wedlock and 
    (except as provided in such last sentence) with respect to whom 
    assistance was being provided under the State program funded under 
    part A of this subchapter as of the end of the preceding fiscal year 
    or with respect to whom services were being provided under the 
    State's plan approved under this part as of the end of the preceding 
    fiscal year pursuant to an application submitted under section 
    654(4)(A)(ii) of this title;
        (B) the term ``statewide paternity establishment percentage'' 
    means, with respect to a State for a fiscal year, the ratio 
    (expressed as a percentage) that the total number of minor 
    children--
            (i) who have been born out of wedlock, and
            (ii) the paternity of whom has been established or 
        acknowledged during the fiscal year,

    bears to the total number of children born out of wedlock during the 
    preceding fiscal year; and
        (C) the term ``reliable data'' means the most recent data 
    available which are found by the Secretary to be reliable for 
    purposes of this section.

For purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B), the total number of children 
shall not include any child with respect to whom assistance is being 
provided under the State program funded under part A of this subchapter 
by reason of the death of a parent unless paternity is established for 
such child or any child with respect to whom an applicant or recipient 
is found by the State to qualify for a good cause or other exception to 
cooperation pursuant to section 654(29) of this title.
    (3)(A) The Secretary may modify the requirements of this subsection 
to take into account such additional variables as the Secretary 
identifies (including the percentage of children in a State who are born 
out of wedlock or for whom support has not been established) that affect 
the ability of a State to meet the requirements of this subsection.
    (B) The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the Congress that 
sets forth the data upon which the paternity establishment percentages 
for States for a fiscal year are based, lists any additional variables 
the Secretary has identified under subparagraph (A), and describes State 
performance in establishing paternity.

(h) Prompt State response to requests for child support assistance

    The standards required by subsection (a)(1) of this section shall 
include standards establishing time limits governing the period or 
periods within which a State must accept and respond to requests (from 
States, jurisdictions thereof, or individuals who apply for services 
furnished by the State agency under this part or with respect to whom an 
assignment pursuant to section 608(a)(3) of this title is in effect) for 
assistance in establishing and enforcing support orders, including 
requests to locate noncustodial parents, establish paternity, and 
initiate proceedings to establish and collect child support awards.

(i) Prompt State distribution of amounts collected as child support

    The standards required by subsection (a)(1) of this section shall 
include standards establishing time limits governing the period or 
periods within which a State must distribute, in accordance with section 
657 of this title, amounts collected as child support pursuant to the 
State's plan approved under this part.

(j) Training of Federal and State staff, research and demonstration 
        programs, and special projects of regional or national 
        significance

    Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, there is hereby appropriated to the Secretary for each 
fiscal year an amount equal to 1 percent of the total amount paid to the 
Federal Government pursuant to a plan approved under this part during 
the immediately preceding fiscal year (as determined on the basis of the 
most recent reliable data available to the Secretary as of the end of 
the third calendar quarter following the end of such preceding fiscal 
year), which shall be available for use by the Secretary, either 
directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements, for--
        (1) information dissemination and technical assistance to 
    States, training of State and Federal staff, staffing studies, and 
    related activities needed to improve programs under this part 
    (including technical assistance concerning State automated systems 
    required by this part); and
        (2) research, demonstration, and special projects of regional or 
    national significance relating to the operation of State programs 
    under this part.

The amount appropriated under this subsection shall remain available 
until expended.

(k) Denial of passports for nonpayment of child support

    (1) If the Secretary receives a certification by a State agency in 
accordance with the requirements of section 654(31) of this title that 
an individual owes arrearages of child support in an amount exceeding 
$5,000, the Secretary shall transmit such certification to the Secretary 
of State for action (with respect to denial, revocation, or limitation 
of passports) pursuant to paragraph (2).
    (2) The Secretary of State shall, upon certification by the 
Secretary transmitted under paragraph (1), refuse to issue a passport to 
such individual, and may revoke, restrict, or limit a passport issued 
previously to such individual.
    (3) The Secretary and the Secretary of State shall not be liable to 
an individual for any action with respect to a certification by a State 
agency under this section.

(l) Facilitation of agreements between State agencies and financial 
        institutions

    The Secretary, through the Federal Parent Locator Service, may aid 
State agencies providing services under State programs operated pursuant 
to this part and financial institutions doing business in two or more 
States in reaching agreements regarding the receipt from such 
institutions, and the transfer to the State agencies, of information 
that may be provided pursuant to section 666(a)(17)(A)(i) of this title, 
except that any State that, as of July 16, 1998, is conducting data 
matches pursuant to section 666(a)(17)(A)(i) of this title 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 3413(d) of title 12, a disclosure pursuant to this subsection 
shall be considered a disclosure pursuant to a Federal statute.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 452, as added Pub. L. 93-647, 
Sec. 101(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2351; amended Pub. L. 95-30, title 
V, Sec. 504(a), May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 163; Pub. L. 96-265, title IV, 
Secs. 402(a), 405(c), (d), June 9, 1980, 94 Stat. 462, 464, 465; Pub. L. 
96-272, title III, Sec. 301(b), June 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 527; Pub. L. 97-
35, title XXIII, Sec. 2332(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 861; Pub. L. 97-
248, title I, Sec. 175(a)(1), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 403; Pub. L. 98-
369, div. B, title VI, Sec. 2663(c)(12), (j)(2)(B)(viii), July 18, 1984, 
98 Stat. 1166, 1170; Pub. L. 98-378, Secs. 4(b), 9(a)(1), 13(a), (b), 
16, Aug. 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 1312, 1316, 1319, 1321; Pub. L. 99-514, 
Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 100-203, title IX, 
Sec. 9143(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-322; Pub. L. 100-485, title 
I, Secs. 111(a), 121(a), 122(a), 123(b), (d), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 
2348, 2351-2353; Pub. L. 101-239, title X, Sec. 10403(a)(1)(B)(i), Dec. 
19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2487; Pub. L. 103-66, title XIII, Sec. 13721(a), 
Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 658; Pub. L. 103-432, title II, Sec. 213, Oct. 
31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4461; Pub. L. 104-35, Sec. 1(b), Oct. 12, 1995, 109 
Stat. 294; Pub. L. 104-193, title I, Sec. 108(c)(2)-(9), title III, 
Secs. 301(c)(1), (2), 316(e)(1), 324(a), 331(b), 341(b), formerly 
341(c), 342(b), 343(a), 345(a), 346(a), 370(a)(1), 395(d)(1)(B), Aug. 
22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2165, 2200, 2215, 2223, 2230, 2232-2234, 2237, 2238, 
2251, 2259; Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title II, 
Sec. 215], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-255; Pub. L. 105-33, 
title V, Secs. 5513(a)(1), (2), 5540, 5541(a), 5556(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 
111 Stat. 619, 630, 637; Pub. L. 105-200, title I, Sec. 102(a), title 
II, Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), title IV, Secs. 401(c)(2), 406(b), 407(b), July 
16, 1998, 112 Stat. 647, 657, 662, 671, 672; Pub. L. 106-169, title IV, 
Sec. 401(f), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1858.)

                       Amendment of Subsection (f)

        Pub. L. 105-200, title IV, Sec. 401(c)(2), (3), July 16, 1998, 
    112 Stat. 662, as amended by Pub. L. 105-306, Sec. 4(b)(1), Oct. 28, 
    1998, 112 Stat. 2927, provided that, effective with respect to 
    periods beginning on or after the later of Oct. 1, 2001, or the 
    effective date of laws enacted by the legislature of such State 
    implementing amendments by section 401(c) of Pub. L. 105-200, 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 Oct. 1, 2001, subsection (f) of this 
    section is amended in the first sentence by striking ``petition for 
    the inclusion of'' and inserting ``include'' and by inserting ``and 
    enforce medical support'' before ``whenever''.

                       References in Text

    Parts A and E of this subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(10), 
(b), and (g)(2), are classified to sections 601 et seq. and 670 et seq. 
of this title.
    The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (b), is 
classified generally to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 106-169 substituted ``social 
security'' for ``Social Security''.
    1998--Subsec. (a)(10)(H) to (J). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 407(b), 
inserted ``and'' at end of subpar. (H), redesignated subpar. (J) as (I), 
and struck out former subpar. (I) which read as follows: ``the amount of 
administrative costs which are expended in each functional category of 
expenditures, including establishment of paternity; and''.
    Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 102(a), amended par. (3) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: ``The Secretary 
may waive any requirement of paragraph (1) or any condition specified 
under section 654(16) of this title with respect to a State if--
        ``(A) the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 
    Secretary that the State has an alternative system or systems that 
    enable the State, for purposes of section 609(a)(8) of this title, 
    to achieve the paternity establishment percentages (as defined under 
    subsection (g)(2) of this section) and other performance measures 
    that may be established by the Secretary, and to submit data under 
    section 654(15)(B) of this title that is complete and reliable, and 
    to substantially comply with the requirements of this part; and
        ``(B)(i) the waiver meets the criteria of paragraphs (1), (2), 
    and (3) of section 1315(b) of this title, or
        ``(ii) the State provides assurances to the Secretary that steps 
    will be taken to otherwise improve the State's child support 
    enforcement program.''
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), amended Pub. L. 
104-193, Sec. 341. See 1996 Amendment notes below.
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 406(b), added subsec. (l).
    1997--Subsec. (d)(3)(A). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5513(a)(1)(A), 
substituted ``section 609(a)(8) of this title, to achieve the paternity 
establishment percentages (as defined under subsection (g)(2) of this 
section) and other performance measures that may be established by the 
Secretary, and to submit data under section 654(15)(B) of this title 
that is complete and reliable, and to substantially comply with the 
requirements of this part; and'' for ``section 603(h) of this title, to 
be in substantial compliance with other requirements of this part; 
and''.
    Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5513(a)(1)(B), substituted 
``section 609(a)(8)'' for ``section 603(h)'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5513(a)(2), made technical 
amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(8). See 
1996 Amendment note below.
    Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5540, substituted ``subparagraphs (A) and (B)'' 
for ``subparagraph (A)'' in concluding provisions.
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5556(c), amended Pub. L. 104-208, 
Sec. 101(e) [title II, Sec. 215], generally. See 1996 Amendment note 
below.
    Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5541(a), substituted ``which shall be available 
for use by the Secretary, either directly or through grants, contracts, 
or interagency agreements,'' for ``to cover costs incurred by the 
Secretary'' in introductory provisions.
    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(B), 
substituted ``noncustodial'' for ``absent'' in two places.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 342(b), amended par. (4) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: ``evaluate the 
implementation of State programs established pursuant to such plan, 
conduct such audits of State programs established under the plan 
approved under this part as may be necessary to assure their conformity 
with the requirements of this part, and, not less often than once every 
three years (or not less often than annually in the case of any State to 
which a reduction is being applied under section 603(h)(1) of this 
title, or which is operating under a corrective action plan in 
accordance with section 603(h)(2) of this title), conduct a complete 
audit of the programs established under such plan in each State and 
determine for the purposes of the penalty provision of section 603(h) of 
this title whether the actual operation of such programs in each State 
conforms to the requirements of this part;''.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 343(a), inserted before 
semicolon at end ``, and establish procedures to be followed by States 
for collecting and reporting information required to be provided under 
this part, and establish uniform definitions (including those necessary 
to enable the measurement of State compliance with the requirements of 
this part relating to expedited processes) to be applied in following 
such procedures''.
    Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 331(b), inserted before 
semicolon at end ``, and specify the minimum requirements of an 
affidavit to be used for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity which 
shall include the Social Security number of each parent and, after 
consultation with the States, other common elements as determined by 
such designee''.
    Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(B), substituted 
``noncustodial'' for ``absent'' in two places.
    Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 316(e)(1), inserted 
``Federal'' before ``Parent''.
    Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(5), struck out closing 
provisions which read as follows: ``The information contained in any 
such report under subparagraph (A) shall specifically include (i) the 
total amount of child support payments collected as a result of services 
furnished during the fiscal year involved to individuals under section 
654(6) of this title, (ii) the cost to the States and to the Federal 
Government of furnishing such services to those individuals, and (iii) 
the extent to which the furnishing of such services was successful in 
providing sufficient support to those individuals to assure that they 
did not require assistance under the State plan approved under part A of 
this subchapter.''
    Subsec. (a)(10)(A). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(1)(A), substituted 
``this part, including--'' for ``this part;''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(A)(i) to (iii). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(1)(B), 
added cls. (i) to (iii).
    Subsec. (a)(10)(C). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(2)(A), in 
introductory provisions, substituted ``separately stated for cases'' for 
``with the data required under each clause being separately stated for 
cases'', ``or formerly received'' for ``cases where the child was 
formerly receiving'', ``671(a)(17) or 1396k of this title'' for 
``671(a)(17) of this title'', and ``for all other cases under this 
part'' for ``all other cases under this part''.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(2), in introductory provisions, 
substituted ``assistance under a State program funded under part A of 
this subchapter'' for ``aid to families with dependent children'', 
``such assistance or payments'' for ``such aid or payments'', and 
``pursuant to section 608(a)(3) of this title or under section'' for 
``under section 602(a)(26) or''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(C)(i), (ii). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(2)(B), 
struck out ``, and the total amount of such obligations'' before 
semicolon at end.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(2)(C), 
substituted ``in which support was collected during the fiscal year'' 
for ``described in clause (i) in which support was collected during such 
fiscal year, and the total amount of such collections''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(C)(iv) to (vii). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(2)(D), 
(E), added cls. (iv) to (vi), redesignated former cl. (v) as (vii), and 
struck out former cl. (iv) which read as follows: ``the number of cases 
described in clause (ii) in which support was collected during such 
fiscal year, and the total amount of such collections; and''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(E). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(B), substituted 
``noncustodial'' for ``absent''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(F). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(B), substituted 
``noncustodial'' for ``absent''.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(3), substituted ``assistance under a 
State program funded under part A of this subchapter'' for ``aid under a 
State plan approved under part A of this subchapter'' and ``(as 
determined by the State)'' for ``(as determined in accordance with the 
standards referred to in section 602(a)(26)(B)(ii) of this title)''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(G). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(3), struck out ``on 
the use of Federal courts and'' before ``on use of the Internal Revenue 
Service''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(J). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 346(a)(4), added subpar. 
(J).
    Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 324(a), added par. (11).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 301(c)(1), substituted ``654(4)'' 
for ``654(6)''.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(4), substituted ``assistance under the 
State program funded under part A'' for ``aid under the State plan 
approved under part A''.
    Subsec. (d)(3)(B)(i). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(5), substituted 
``1315(b)'' for ``1315(c)''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(B), substituted 
``noncustodial'' for ``absent''.
    Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(2)(B), formerly 
Sec. 341(c)(2)(B), as redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, 
Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), inserted as closing provisions ``In determining 
compliance under this section, a State may use as its paternity 
establishment percentage either the State's IV-D paternity establishment 
percentage (as defined in paragraph (2)(A)) or the State's statewide 
paternity establishment percentage (as defined in paragraph (2)(B)).''
    Subsec. (g)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(1), formerly 
Sec. 341(c)(1), as redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), 
substituted ``90'' for ``75''.
    Subsec. (g)(1)(B) to (F). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(2)(A), 
formerly Sec. 341(c)(2)(A), as redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, 
Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpars. 
(B) to (E) as (C) to (F), respectively.
    Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(8), as amended by Pub. 
L. 105-33, Sec. 5513(a)(2), in closing provisions, substituted ``with 
respect to whom assistance is being provided under the State program 
funded under part A of this subchapter'' for ``who is a dependent 
child'' and ``found by the State to qualify for a good cause or other 
exception to cooperation pursuant to section 654(29) of this title'' for 
``found to have good cause for refusing to cooperate under section 
602(a)(26) of this title or any child with respect to whom the State 
agency administering the plan under part E of this subchapter determines 
(as provided in section 654(4)(B) of this title) that it is against the 
best interests of such child to do so''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(3)(A), formerly 
Sec. 341(c)(3)(A), as redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, 
Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted `` `IV-D 
paternity establishment percentage' '' for `` `paternity establishment 
percentage' '' and struck out ``(or all States, as the case may be)'' 
after ``with respect to a State'', and, in closing provisions, struck 
out ``and'' at end.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 301(c)(2), substituted ``654(4)(A)(ii)'' for 
``654(6)'' in cl. (ii)(I) and in closing provisions.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(7), in concluding provisions, 
substituted ``assistance was being provided under the State program 
funded under part A'' for ``aid was being paid under the State's plan 
approved under part A or E''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(ii)(I). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(6), 
substituted ``assistance is being provided under the State program 
funded under part A'' for ``aid is being paid under the State's plan 
approved under part A or E''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(B), (C). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(3)(B), formerly 
Sec. 341(c)(3)(B), as redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, 
Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) 
as (C).
    Subsec. (g)(3)(A). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(4)(B), formerly 
Sec. 341(c)(4)(B), as redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, 
Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), substituted ``the percentage of children in a State 
who are born out of wedlock or for whom support has not been 
established'' for ``the percentage of children born out-of-wedlock in a 
State''.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(4)(A), formerly Sec. 341(c)(4)(A), as 
redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), redesignated subpar. 
(B) as (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: 
``The requirements of this subsection are in addition to and shall not 
supplant any other requirement (that is not inconsistent with such 
requirements) established in regulations by the Secretary for the 
purpose of determining (for purposes of section 603(h) of this title) 
whether the program of a State operated under this part shall be treated 
as complying substantially with the requirements of this part.''
    Subsec. (g)(3)(B), (C). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 341(b)(4)(A), formerly 
Sec. 341(c)(4)(A), as redesignated by Pub. L. 105-200, 
Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), redesignated subpars. (B) and (C) as (A) and (B), 
respectively.
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(B), substituted 
``noncustodial'' for ``absent''.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 108(c)(9), substituted ``pursuant to section 
608(a)(3)'' for ``under section 602(a)(26)''.
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 104-208, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title II, 
Sec. 215], as amended by Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5556(c), substituted ``a 
plan approved under this part'' for ``section 657(a) of this title''.
    Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 345(a), added subsec. (j).
    Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 370(a)(1), added subsec. (k).
    1995--Subsecs. (d)(1)(B), (2)(A), (B), (e). Pub. L. 104-35 
substituted ``in section 654(16)'' for ``in section 655(a)(1)(B)''.
    1994--Subsec. (g)(2)(A). Pub. L. 103-432, Sec. 213(5), in closing 
provisions, substituted ``born out of wedlock'' for ``who were born out 
of wedlock during the immediately preceding fiscal year'', substituted 
``the preceding fiscal year'' for ``such preceding fiscal year'' in two 
places, and struck out ``or E'' after ``under this part''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(i). Pub. L. 103-432, Sec. 213(1), struck out 
``during the fiscal year'' after ``wedlock''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(ii)(I). Pub. L. 103-432, Sec. 213(2), substituted 
``in the fiscal year or, at the option of the State, as of the end of 
such year'' for ``as of the end of the fiscal year''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(ii)(II). Pub. L. 103-432, Sec. 213(3), substituted 
``in the fiscal year or, at the option of the State, as of the end of 
such year'' for ``or E as of the end of the fiscal year''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 103-432, Sec. 213(4), struck out 
``during the fiscal year'' after ``acknowledged''.
    1993--Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 13721(a)(1)(A)-(C), 
substituted ``1994'' for ``1991'' and inserted ``is based on reliable 
data and (rounded to the nearest whole percentage point)'' before 
``equals''.
    Subsec. (g)(1)(A) to (E). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 13721(a)(1)(D), added 
subpars. (A) to (E) and struck out former subpars. (A) to (C) which read 
as follows:
    ``(A) 50 percent;
    ``(B) the paternity establishment percentage of the State for the 
fiscal year 1988, increased by the applicable number of percentage 
points; or
    ``(C) the paternity establishment percentage determined with respect 
to all States for such fiscal year.''
    Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 13721(a)(2)(C), (D), in 
concluding provisions, inserted ``unless paternity is established for 
such child'' after ``the death of a parent'' and ``or any child with 
respect to whom the State agency administering the plan under part E of 
this subchapter determines (as provided in section 654(4)(B) of this 
title) that it is against the best interests of such child to do so'' 
after ``cooperate under section 602(a)(26) of this title''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(A). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 13721(a)(2)(A), in cl. (i), 
inserted before comma ``during the fiscal year'', in cl. (ii)(I), 
substituted ``part A or E of this subchapter as of the end of the'' for 
``part A of this subchapter (or under all such plans) for such'', in cl. 
(ii)(II), substituted ``this part or E as of the end of the'' for ``this 
part (or under all such plans) for the'', in cl. (iii), inserted before 
comma ``or acknowledged during the fiscal year'', and in concluding 
provisions, substituted ``children who were born out of wedlock during 
the immediately preceding fiscal year and'' for ``children who have been 
born out of wedlock and'', ``aid was being paid'' for ``aid is being 
paid'', ``part A or E of this subchapter as of the end of such preceding 
fiscal'' for ``part A of this subchapter (or under all such plans) for 
such fiscal'', ``services were being'' for ``services are being'', and 
``this part or E as of the end of such preceding fiscal'' for ``this 
part (or under all such plans) for the fiscal''.
    Subsec. (g)(2)(B). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 13721(a)(2)(B), added 
subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: 
``the applicable number of percentage points means, with respect to a 
fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year 1991), 3 percentage points 
multiplied by the number of fiscal years after the fiscal year 1989 and 
before the beginning of such fiscal year.''
    1989--Subsec. (d)(2)(B). Pub. L. 101-239 substituted ``automated 
data'' for ``automatic data''.
    1988--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 123(b)(1), substituted 
``Except as provided in paragraph (3), the'' for ``The''.
    Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 123(d), substituted ``automated'' for 
``automatic''.
    Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 123(b)(2), added par. (3).
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 111(a), added subsec. (g).
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 121(a), added subsec. (h).
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 122(a), added subsec. (i).
    1987--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-203 amended subsec. (c) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows:
    ``(1) There is hereby established in the Treasury a revolving fund 
which shall be available to the Secretary without fiscal year 
limitation, to enable him to pay to the States for distribution in 
accordance with the provisions of section 657 of this title such amounts 
as may be collected and paid (subject to paragraph (2)) into such fund 
under section 6305 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    ``(2) There is hereby appropriated to the fund, out of any moneys in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equal to the amounts 
collected under section 6305 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, reduced 
by the amounts credited or refunded as overpayments of the amounts so 
collected. The amounts appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be 
transferred at least quarterly from the general fund of the Treasury to 
the fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the 
Treasury. Proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently 
transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than 
the amounts required to be transferred.''
    1986--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted ``Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986'' for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954'' wherever 
appearing.
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2663(j)(2)(B)(viii), 
substituted ``Health and Human Services'' for ``Health, Education, and 
Welfare'' in provisions preceding par. (1).
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 9(a)(1), substituted ``not less 
often than once every three years (or not less often than annually in 
the case of any State to which a reduction is being applied under 
section 603(h)(1) of this title, or which is operating under a 
corrective action plan in accordance with section 603(h)(2) of this 
title)'' for ``not less often than annually''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(C). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 13(a), amended subpar. (C) 
generally to include the reporting of additional aspects of child 
support enforcement. Prior to amendment, subpar. (C) read as follows: 
``the number of child support cases (with separate identification of the 
number in which collection of spousal support was involved) in each 
State during each quarter of the fiscal year last ending before the 
report is submitted and during each quarter of the preceding fiscal year 
(including the transitional period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending 
September 30, 1976, in the case of the first report to which this 
subparagraph applies), and the disposition of such cases;''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(I). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 13(b), added subpar. (I).
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2663(c)(12), substituted 
``preceding sentence'' for ``preceding section''.
    Subsecs. (d)(1)(B), (2)(A), (B), (e). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 4(b), 
substituted ``655(a)(1)(B) of this title'' for ``655(a)(3) of this 
title''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 16, added subsec. (f).
    1982--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-248 substituted provisions that the 
Secretary shall, upon the request of a State having in effect a State 
plan approved under this part, certify to the Secretary of the Treasury 
for collection pursuant to the provisions of section 6305 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the amount of any child support obligation 
(including any support obligation with respect to the parent who is 
living with the child and receiving aid under the State plan approved 
under part A of this subchapter) which is assigned to such State or is 
undertaken to be collected by such State pursuant to section 654(6) of 
this title for provisions that the Secretary would, upon the request of 
any State having in effect a State plan approved under this part, 
certify the amount of any child support obligation assigned to such 
State, including any support obligation with respect to the parent who 
is living with the child and receiving aid under the State plan approved 
under part A of this subchapter (or undertaken to be collected by such 
State pursuant to section 654(6) of this title) to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for collection pursuant to the provisions of section 6305 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
    1981--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2332(b)(1)(A), inserted 
``and support for the spouse (or former spouse) with whom the absent 
parent's child is living''.
    Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2332(b)(1)(B), substituted 
``child and spousal support'' for ``child support''.
    Subsec. (a)(10)(C). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2332(b)(1)(C), inserted 
``(with separate identification of the number in which collection of 
spousal support was involved)''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2332(b)(2), inserted ``, including 
any support obligation with respect to the parent who is living with the 
child and receiving aid under the State plan approved under part A of 
this subchapter,'' and provision that all reimbursements be credited to 
the appropriation accounts which bore all or part of the costs involved 
in making the collections and substituting ``court or administrative 
order'' for ``court order'' and ``reimburse the Secretary of the 
Treasury'' for ``reimburse the United States''.
    1980--Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 96-272 inserted provisions following 
subpar. (H) setting out certain required information to be contained in 
reports under subpar. (A).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-265, Sec. 402(a), inserted ``(or undertaken 
to be collected by such State pursuant to section 654(6) of this 
title)'' after ``assigned to such State''.
    Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 96-265, Sec. 405(c), (d), added subsecs. 
(d) and (e).
    1977--Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 95-30 substituted ``not later than 
three months after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the year 
1977, submit to the Congress a full and complete report on all 
activities undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this part, which 
report shall include, but not be limited to, the following'' for ``not 
later than June 30 of each year beginning after December 31, 1975, 
submit to the Congress a report on all activities undertaken pursuant to 
the provisions of this part'', substituted a colon for a period at end 
of provisions thus substituted, and added subpars. (A) to (H).


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-169 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, see section 401(q) of Pub. 
L. 106-169, set out as a note under section 602 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-200, title II, Sec. 201(e)(2), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 
657, provided that: ``The amendments made by this subsection [amending 
this section and section 658 of this title, amending provisions set out 
as notes under this section and section 658 of this title, and repealing 
provisions set out as a note under section 658 of this title] shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 341 of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 [Pub. L. 
104-193].''
    Pub. L. 105-200, title IV, Sec. 401(c)(3), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 
662, as amended by Pub. L. 105-306, Sec. 4(b)(1), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2927, provided that: ``The amendments made by this subsection 
[amending this section and section 666 of this title] shall be effective 
with respect to periods 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 specified in subparagraph (A). 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has 
a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be deemed 
to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.''
    [Pub. L. 105-306, Sec. 4(b)(2), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2927, 
provided that: ``The amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection 
[amending section 401(c)(3) of Pub. L. 105-200, set out above] shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 401(c)(3) of the 
Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 [Pub. L. 105-
200].'']
    Pub. L. 105-200, title IV, Sec. 407(c), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 
672, provided that: ``The amendments made by this section [amending this 
section and section 669 of this title] shall apply to information 
maintained with respect to fiscal year 1995 or any succeeding fiscal 
year.''


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Section 5518(b) of Pub. L. 105-33 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by section 5513 of this Act [amending this section and sections 
656, 664, 672, and 673 of this title] shall take effect as if the 
amendments had been included in section 108 of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 [Pub. L. 
104-193] at the time such section 108 became law.''
    Amendment by sections 5540, 5541(a), and 5556(c) of Pub. L. 105-33 
effective as if included in the enactment of title III of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 
104-193, see section 5557 of Pub. L. 105-33, set out as a note under 
section 608 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendments

    Section 101(e) [title II, Sec. 215] of div. A of Pub. L. 104-208, as 
amended by Pub. L. 105-33, title V, Sec. 5556(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 
Stat. 637, provided in part that: ``Amounts available under such 
sections 452(j) [subsec. (j) of this section] and 453(o) [section 653(o) 
of this title] shall be calculated as though the amendments made by this 
section were effective October 1, 1995.''
    Amendment by section 108(c)(2)-(9) of Pub. L. 104-193 effective July 
1, 1997, with transition rules relating to State options to accelerate 
such date, rules relating to claims, actions, and proceedings commenced 
before such date, rules relating to closing out of accounts for 
terminated or substantially modified programs and continuance in office 
of Assistant Secretary for Family Support, and provisions relating to 
termination of entitlement under AFDC program, see section 116 of Pub. 
L. 104-193, as amended, set out as an Effective Date note under section 
601 of this title.
    Pub. L. 104-193, title III, Sec. 341(c)(2), formerly Sec. 341(d)(2), 
Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2233, as redesignated and amended by Pub. L. 
105-200, title II, Sec. 201(e)(1)(A), (B)(ii), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 
657, provided that: ``The amendments made by subsection (b) [amending 
this section] shall become effective with respect to calendar quarters 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 22, 
1996].''
    Section 342(c) of Pub. L. 104-193 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and section 654 of this 
title] shall be effective with respect to calendar quarters beginning 12 
months or more after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 22, 
1996].''
    Section 346(b) of Pub. L. 104-193 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective with 
respect to fiscal year 1997 and succeeding fiscal years.''
    Section 370(b) of Pub. L. 104-193 provided that: ``This section 
[amending this section and section 654 of this title] and the amendments 
made by this section shall become effective October 1, 1997.''
    For provisions relating to effective date of title III of Pub. L. 
104-193, see section 395(a)-(c) of Pub. L. 104-193, set out as a note 
under section 654 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Section 13721(c) of Pub. L. 103-66 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and section 666 of this 
title] shall become effective with respect to a State on the later of--
        ``(1) October 1, 1993 or,
        ``(2) the date of enactment by the legislature of such State of 
    all laws required by 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 enactment of this Act [Aug. 
10, 1993]. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State 
that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall 
be deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.''


                    Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

    Section 10403(a)(1)(B)(ii) of Pub. L. 101-239 provided that: ``The 
amendments made by clause (i) [amending this section and section 602 of 
this title] shall take effect as if such amendments had been included in 
section 123(d) of the Family Support Act of 1988 [Pub. L. 100-485] on 
the date of the enactment of such Act [Oct. 13, 1988].''


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Section 111(f)(1) of Pub. L. 100-485 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsections (a), (d), and (e) [enacting section 668 of this 
title and amending this section and section 666 of this title] shall 
become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 13, 
1988].''


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Section 9143(b) of Pub. L. 100-203 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect 
to amounts collected after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 
22, 1987].''


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendments

    Section 4(c) of Pub. L. 98-378 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by this section [amending this section and section 655 of this title] 
shall apply to fiscal years after fiscal year 1983.''
    Section 9(c) of Pub. L. 98-378 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by this section [amending this section and sections 602 and 603 of this 
title] shall be effective on and after October 1, 1983.''
    Section 13(c) of Pub. L. 98-378 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by this section [amending this section] shall be effective for reports 
for fiscal year 1986 and each fiscal year thereafter.''
    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be 
construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or 
interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) 
before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a 
note under section 401 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-248 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 
175(b) of Pub. L. 97-248, set out as a note under section 503 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, see section 2336 of Pub. L. 97-35, set 
out as a note under section 651 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Section 402(b) of Pub. L. 96-265 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect July 1, 
1980.''
    Section 405(e) of Pub. L. 96-265 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and sections 654 and 655 of 
this title] shall take effect on July 1, 1981, and shall be effective 
only with respect to expenditures, referred to in section 455(a)(3) of 
the Social Security Act [section 655(a)(3) of this title] (as amended by 
this Act), made on or after such date.''


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Section 504(b) of Pub. L. 95-30 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective in the case 
of reports, submitted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
[now Health and Human Services] after 1976.''


                               Regulations

    Section 122(b) of Pub. L. 100-485 provided that: ``Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 13, 1988], 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue a notice of 
proposed rulemaking with respect to the standards required by the 
amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section], and, after 
allowing not less than 60 days for public comment, shall issue final 
regulations not later than the first day of the 10th month to begin 
after such date of enactment.''


      Implementation of Performance Standards for State Paternity 
                         Establishment Programs

    Section 111(f)(3) of Pub. L. 100-485 provided that: ``The Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall collect the data necessary to 
implement the requirements of section 452(g) of the Social Security Act 
[subsec. (g) of this section] (as added by subsection (a) of this 
section) and may, in carrying out the requirement of determining a 
State's paternity establishment percentage for the fiscal year 1988, 
compute such percentage on the basis of data collected with respect to 
the last quarter of such fiscal year (or, if such data are not 
available, the first quarter of the fiscal year 1989) if the Secretary 
determines that data for the full year are not available.''


Requests for Child Support Assistance; Advisory Committee; Promulgation 
                             of Regulations

    Section 121(b) of Pub. L. 100-485 provided that:
    ``(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act [Oct. 13, 1988], the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish an advisory committee. The committee shall include 
representatives of organizations representing State governors, State 
welfare administrators, and State directors of programs under part D of 
title IV of the Social Security Act [this part]. The Secretary shall 
consult with the advisory committee before issuing any regulations with 
respect to the standards required by the amendment made by subsection 
(a) [amending this section] (including regulations regarding what 
constitutes an adequate response on the part of a State to the request 
of an individual, State, or jurisdiction).
    ``(2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue a 
notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to the standards required by 
the amendment made by subsection (a), and, after allowing not less than 
60 days for public comment, shall issue final regulations not later than 
the first day of the 10th month beginning after such date of 
enactment.''


Supplemental Report To Be Submitted to Congress Not Later Than June 30, 
                                  1977

    Section 504(c) of Pub. L. 95-30 directed Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare to submit to Congress, not later than June 30, 
1977, a special supplementary report with respect to activities 
undertaken pursuant to this part.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 609, 653, 654, 654a, 655, 
658a, 660, 666 of this title; title 26 section 6305.
