ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCE FOR PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.

SEC. 124. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCE FOR PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE. (a) In General.— Section 453(e) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The Secretary of Labor shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to provide prompt access for the Secretary (in accordance with this subsection) to the wage and unemployment compensation claims information and data maintained by or for the Department of Labor or State employment security agencies.”. (b) State Requirement To Assist Secretary in Obtaining Information.— (1) Section 303 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h) (1) The State agency charged with the administration of the State law shall take such actions (in such manner as may be provided in the agreement between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor under section 453(e)(3)) as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services to obtain prompt access to any wage and unemployment compensation claims information (including any information that might be useful in locating an absent parent or such parent’s employer) for use by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for purposes of section 453, in carrying out the child support enforcement program under title IV. “(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency charged with the administration of the State law, finds that there is a failure to comply substantially with the requirement of paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall notify such State agency that further payments will not be made to the State until such Secretary is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure. Until the Secretary of Labor is so satisfied, such Secretary shall make no further certification to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such State.”. (2) Section 304(a)(2) of such Act is amended by striking “or (e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(e), or (h)”. (c) Effective Date; Implementation.— (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall become effective on the first day of the first calendar quarter which begins one year or more after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor shall enter into the agreement required by the amendment made by subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.