Pub. L. 95-30, tit. V, sec. 504
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
SEC. 504. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. (a) Report.—Section 452(a) (10) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: “(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; “(B) costs and staff associated with the Office of Child Support Enforcement; “(C) the number of child support cases 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; “(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 absent parent’s social security account number; “(F) the number of cases, by State, in which an applicant for or recipient of aid under a State plan approved under part A has refused to cooperate in identifying and locating the absent parent and the number of cases in which refusal so to cooperate is based on good cause (as determined in accordance with the standards referred to in section 402(a) (26) (B) (ii)); “(G) data, by State, on the use of Federal courts and 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; and “(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.”. 91 STAT. 164 (b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective in the case of reports, submitted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, after 1976. (c) Supplemental Report.—The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall submit to the Congress not later than June 30, 1977, a special supplemental report, with respect to activities undertaken pursuant to part D of title IV of the Social Security Act during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and during the transitional period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976. Such report shall, with respect to such transitional period, contain all the data and information specified in clauses (A) through (H) of section 452(a) (10) of such Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section), and with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, contain all such data and information which was not included in the report made by such Secretary to the Congress on June 30, 1976, pursuant to section 452(a) (10) of such Act, as in effect on such date.