Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 3.djvu/484

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110 STAT. 2214 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 "(iii) As used in this subparagraph, the term 'business day' means a day on which State offices are open for regular businGSS '* (E) Section 466(b)(6)(D) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(6)(D)) is amended by striking "any employer" and all that follows and inserting "any employer who— "(i) discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding required by this subsection because of the existence of such withholding and the obligations or additional obligations which it imposes upon the employer; or "(ii) fails to withhold support from income or to pay such amounts to the State disbursement unit in accordance with this subsection.". (F) Section 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(11) Procedures under which the agency administering the State plan approved under this part may execute a withholding order without advance notice to the obligor, including issuing the withholding order through electronic means.". (b) DEFINITION OF INCOME.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 466(b)(8) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(8)) is amended to read as follows: "(8) For purposes of subsection (a) and this subsection, the term 'income' means any periodic form of pa3anent due to an individual, regardless of source, including wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, worker's compensation, disability, pay- ments pursuant to a pension or retirement program, and interest.". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (A) Subsections (a)(8)(A), (a)(8)(B)(i), (b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B), (b)(6)(A)(i), and (b)(6)(C), and (b)(7) of section 466 (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(8)(A), (a)(8)(B)(i), (b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B), (b)(6)(A)(i), and (b)(6)(C), and (b)(7)) are each amended by striking "wages" each place such term appears and inserting "income". (B) Section 466(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(1)) is amended by striking "wages (as defined by the State for purposes of this section)" and inserting "income". (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 466(c) (42 U.S.C. 666(c)) is repealed. SEC. 315. LOCATOR INFORMATION FROM INTERSTATE NETWORKS. Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following new paragraph: " (12) LOCATOR INFORMATION FROM INTERSTATE NET- WORKS. — Procedures to ensure that all Federal and State agencies conducting activities under this part have access to any system used by the State to locate an individual for purposes relating to motor vehicles or law enforcement.". SEC. 316. EXPANSION OF THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE. (a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO LOCATE INDIVIDUALS AND ASSETS. —Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking all that follows "subsection (c))" and inserting ", for the purpose of establishing parentage, establishing, setting the amount of, modifying, or enforcing