location of certain parents who desert or abandon dependent children

location of certain parents who desert or abandon dependent children Sec. 211. (a) Effective January 1, 1969, section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (as amended by the preceding sections of this Act) is further amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following new clauses: “; (21) provide that the State agency will report to the Secretary, at such times (not less often than once each calendar quarter) and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe— “(A) the name, and social security account number, if known, of each parent of a dependent child or children with respect to whom aid is being provided under the State plan— “(i) against whom an order for the support and maintenance of such child or children has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction but who is not making payments in 81 Stat. 897compliance or partial compliance with such order, or against whom a petition for such an order has been filed in a court having jurisdiction to receive such petition, and “(ii) whom it has been unable to locate after requesting and utilizing information included in the files of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare maintained pursuant to section 205, “(B) the last known address of such parent and any information it has with respect to the date on which such parent could last be located at such address, and “(C) such other information as the Secretary may specify to assist in carrying out the provisions of section 410; (22) provide that the State agency will, in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary, cooperate with the State agency administering or supervising the administration of the plan of another State under this part— “(A) in locating a parent residing in such Stale (whether or not permanently) against whom a petition has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction of such other State for the support and maintenance of a child or children of such parent with respect to whom aid is being provided under the plan of such other State, and “(B) in securing compliance or good faith partial compliance by a parent residing in such State (whether or not permanently) with an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction against such parent for the support and maintenance of a child or children of such parent with respect to whom aid is being provided under the plan of such other State”. (b) Title IV of such Act is amended by adding after section 409 the following new section: “assistance by internal revenue service in locating parents “Sec. 410. (a) Upon receiving a report from a State agency made pursuant to section 402(a)(21), the Secretary shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate the names and social security account numbers of the parents contained in such report, and the name of the State agency which submitted such report. The Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate shall endeavor to ascertain the address of each such parent from the master files of the Internal Revenue Service, and shall furnish any address so ascertained to the State agency which submitted such report. “(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a). The Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury from time to time sufficient amounts out of the monies appropriated pursuant to this subsection to enable him to perform his functions under subsection (a).”