PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 110 STAT. 2217 "(j) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES.— "(1) VERIFICATION BY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. — "(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall transmit information on individuals and employers maintained under this section to the Social Security Administration to the extent necessary for verification in accordance with subparagraph (B). "(B) VERIFICATION BY SSA.—The Social Security Administration shall verify the accuracy of, correct, or supply to the extent possible, and report to the Secretary, the following information supplied by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A): "(i) The name, social security number, and birth date of each such individual. "(ii) The employer identification number of each such employer. "(2) INFORMATION COMPARISONS.—For the purpose of locating individuals in a paternity establishment case or a case involving the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a support order, the Secretary shall— "(A) compare information in the National Directory of New Hires against information in the support case abstracts in the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders not less often than every 2 business days; and "(B) within 2 business days after such a comparison Reports, reveals a match with respect to an individual, report the information to the State agency responsible for the case. " (3) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DISCLOSURES OF INFORMATION IN ALL REGISTRIES FOR TITLE IV PROGRAM PUR- POSES.— To the extent and with the fi-equency that the Secretary determines to be effective in assisting States to carry out their responsibilities under programs operated under this part and programs funded under part A, the Secretary shall— "(A) compare the information in each component of Reports, the Federal Psirent Locator Service maintained under this section against the information in each other such component (other than the comparison required by paragraph (2)), and report instances in which such a comparison reveals a match with respect to an individual to State agencies operating such programs; and "(B) disclose information in such registries to such State agencies. " (4) PROVISION OF NEW HIRE INFORMATION TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. — The National Directory of New Hires shall provide the Commissioner of Social Security with all information in the National Directory. "(5) RESEARCH. —The Secretary may provide access to information reported by employers pursuant to section 453A(b) for research purposes found by the Secretary to be likely to contribute to achieving the purposes of part A or this part, but without personal identifiers, " (k) FEES.— " (1) FOR SSA VERIFICATION.—The Secretary shall reimburse the Commissioner of Social Security, at a rate negotiated between the Secretary and the Commissioner, for the costs incurred by the Commissioner in performing the verification services described in subsection (j).
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