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PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 110 STAT. 2221 "(B) any individual who is subject to a divorce decree, support order, or paternity determination or acknowledgment be placed in the records relating to the matter; and "(C) any individual who has died be placed in the records relating to the death and be recorded on the death certificate. For purposes of subparagraph (A), if a State allows the use of a number other than the social security number, the State shall so advise any applicants.". Subtitle C—Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures SEC. 321. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM STATE LAWS. Section 466 (42 U.S.C. 666) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f) UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT. —In order to satisfy section 454(20)(A), on and after January 1, 1998, each State must have in effect the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, as approved by the American Bar Association on Feoruary 9, 1993, together with any amendments officially adopted before January 1, 1998 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.". SEC. 322. IMPROVEMENTS TO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS. Section 1738B of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking "subsection (e)" and inserting "subsections (e), (f), and (i)"; (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 2nd undesignated paragraph the following: "'child s home State' means the State in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than 6 months old, the State in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the 6-month period."; (3) in subsection (c), by inserting "by a court of a State" before "is made"; (4) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting "and subsections (e), (f), and (g)" after "located"; (5) in subsection (d)— (A) by inserting "individual" before "contestant"; and (B) by striking "subsection (e)" and inserting "subsections (e) and (f)"; (6) in subsection (e), by striking "make a modification of a child support order with respect to a child that is made" and inserting "modify a child support order issued"; (7) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting "pursuant to subsection (i)" before the semicolon; (8) in subsection (e)(2)— (A) by inserting "individual" before "contestant" each place such term appears; and (B) by striking "to that court's making the modification and assimiing" and inserting "with the State of continuing.