REPORT ON DATA PROCESSING.

SEC. 106. REPORT ON DATA PROCESSING. (a) In General.—Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on— (1) the status of the automated data processing systems operated by the States to assist management in the admin-istration of State programs under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act; and (2) what would be required to establish a system cap-able of— (A) tracking participants in public programs over time; and (B) checking case records of the States to determine whether individuals are participating in public programs of 2 or more States. (b) Preferred Contents.—The report required by subsection (a) should include— (1) a plan for building on the automated data processing systems of the States to establish a system with the capabilities described in subsection (a)(2); and (2) an estimate of the amount of time required to establish such a system and of the cost of establishing such a system.