QUALIFYING QUARTERS: DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF COVERAGE INFORMATION; CORRECTION TO ASSURE THAT CREDITING APPLIES TO ALL QUARTERS EARNED BY PARENTS BEFORE CHILD IS 18.

SEC. 5573. QUALIFYING QUARTERS: DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF COVERAGE INFORMATION; CORRECTION TO ASSURE THAT CREDITING APPLIES TO ALL QUARTERS EARNED BY PARENTS BEFORE CHILD IS 18. (a) Disclosure of Quarters of Coverage Information.—Section 435 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 111 STAT. 642Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Notwithstanding section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Commissioner of Social Security is authorized to disclose quarters of coverage information concerning an alien and an alien’s spouse or parents to a government agency for the purposes of this title.”. (b) Correction To Assure That Crediting Applies to All Quarters Earned by Parents Before Child is 18.—Section 435(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1645(1)) is amended by striking “while the alien was under age 18,” and inserting “before the date on which the alien attains age 18,”.