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[CITE: 42USC663]

 
                 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. 663. Use of Federal Parent Locator Service in connection 
        with enforcement or determination of child custody in cases of 
        parental kidnaping of child
        

(a) Agreements with States for use of Federal Parent Locator Service

    The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with every State under 
which the services of the Federal Parent Locator Service established 
under section 653 of this title shall be made available to each State 
for the purpose of determining the whereabouts of any 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 or visitation 
    determination.

(b) Requests from authorized persons for information

    An agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall 
provide that the State agency described in section 654 of this title 
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 
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 or visitation 
    determination.

(c) Information which may be disclosed

    Information authorized to be provided by the Secretary under 
subsection (a), (b), (e), or (f) of this section shall be subject to the 
same conditions with respect to disclosure as information authorized to 
be provided under section 653 of this title, and a request for 
information by the Secretary under this section shall be considered to 
be a request for information under section 653 of this title which is 
authorized to be provided under such section. Only information as to the 
most recent address and place of employment of any parent or child shall 
be provided under this section.

(d) ``Custody or visitation determination'' and ``authorized person'' 
        defined

    For purposes of this section--
        (1) the term ``custody or visitation 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 agreement 
        under this section, who has the duty or authority under the law 
        of such State to enforce a child custody or visitation 
        determination;
            (B) any court having jurisdiction to make or enforce such a 
        child custody or visitation 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 prosecution 
        with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a child.

(e) Agreement on use of Federal Parent Locator Service with United 
        States Central Authority under Convention on the Civil Aspects 
        of International Child Abduction

    The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Central 
Authority designated by the President in accordance with section 11606 
of this title, under which the services of the Federal Parent Locator 
Service established under section 653 of this title shall be made 
available to such Central Authority upon its request for the purpose of 
locating any parent or child on behalf of an applicant to such Central 
Authority within the meaning of section 11602(1) of this title. The 
Federal Parent Locator Service shall charge no fees for services 
requested pursuant to this subsection.

(f) Agreement to assist in locating missing children under Federal 
        Parent Locator Service

    The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Attorney 
General of the United States, under which the services of the Federal 
Parent Locator Service established under section 653 of this title shall 
be made available to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention upon its request to locate any parent or child on behalf of 
such Office 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 or visitation 
    determination.

The Federal Parent Locator Service shall charge no fees for services 
requested pursuant to this subsection.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 463, as added Pub. L. 96-611, 
Sec. 9(b), Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3572; amended Pub. L. 100-300, 
Sec. 11, Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 441; Pub. L. 103-432, title II, 
Sec. 214(a), (b), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4461; Pub. L. 104-193, title 
III, Secs. 316(e)(1), 395(d)(1)(G), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2215, 2259; 
Pub. L. 105-33, title V, Sec. 5534(b), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 629.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(1)(A), (5), in 
introductory provisions, substituted ``every State'' for ``any State 
which is able and willing to do so,'' and ``each State'' for ``such 
State'' and struck out ``noncustodial'' before ``parent''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(1)(B), inserted ``or 
visitation'' after ``custody''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(5), struck out 
``noncustodial'' before ``parent or child when'' in introductory 
provisions.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(2), inserted ``or 
visitation'' after ``custody''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(5), struck out 
``noncustodial'' before ``parent''.
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(3)(A), inserted ``or 
visitation'' before ``determination''.
    Subsec. (d)(2)(A), (B). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(3)(B), inserted 
``or visitation'' after ``custody''.
    Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5534(b)(4), inserted ``or 
visitation'' after ``custody''.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-193, Secs. 316(e)(1), 395(d)(1)(G), 
inserted ``Federal'' before ``Parent Locator Service'' and substituted 
``noncustodial parent'' for ``absent parent''.
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(G), substituted 
``noncustodial parent'' for ``absent parent''.
    Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 316(e)(1), inserted 
``Federal'' before ``Parent Locator Service'' wherever appearing.
    1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-432, Sec. 214(b), substituted 
``subsection (a), (b), (e), or (f) of this section'' for ``subsection 
(a), (b), or (e) of this section''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 103-432, Sec. 214(a), added subsec. (f).
    1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-300, Sec. 11(1), substituted ``under 
subsection (a) of this section'' for ``under this section''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-300, Sec. 11(2), substituted ``under 
subsection (a), (b), or (e) of this section'' for ``under this 
section''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100-300, Sec. 11(3), added subsec. (e).


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by 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 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by 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 1994 Amendment

    Section 214(c) of Pub. L. 103-432 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on 
October 1, 1995.''


                             Effective Date

    Section 9(d) of Pub. L. 96-611 provided that: ``No agreement entered 
into under section 463 of the Social Security Act [this section] shall 
become effective before the date on which section 1738A of title 28, 
United States Code (as added by this title [probably should be ``as 
added by section 8(a) of this Act'']) becomes effective.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 654, 655 of this title.
