DEFINITION OF CENTRAL FILING SYSTEM.

SEC. 14215. DEFINITION OF CENTRAL FILING SYSTEM. Section 1324(c)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1631(c)(2)) is amended—(1) in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), by inserting after “such debtors” the following: “, except that the numerical list containing social security or taxpayer identification numbers may be encrypted for security purposes if the Secretary of State provides a method by which an effective search of the encrypted numbers may be conducted to determine whether the farm product at issue is subject to 1 or more liens”; and(2) in subparagraph (E)—122 STAT. 1467(A) by striking “paragraph (C)” and inserting “subparagraph (C)”; and(B) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “except that—“(i) the distribution of the portion of the master list may be in electronic, written, or printed form; and“(ii) if social security or taxpayer identification numbers on the master list are encrypted, the Secretary of State may distribute the master list only—“(I) by compact disc or other electronic media that contains—“(aa) the recorded list of debtor names; and“(bb) an encryption program that enables the buyer, commission merchant, and selling agent to enter a social security number for matching against the recorded list of encrypted social security or taxpayer identification numbers; and“(II) on the written request of the buyer, commission merchant, or selling agent, by paper copy of the list to the requestor”.