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HHS/ACF RIN: 0970-AC01 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Safeguarding Child Support and Expanded Federal Parent Locator Services (FPLS) Information 
Abstract: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 made far-reaching amendments to title IV-D of the Social Security Act, which governs the child support enforcement program. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, and the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 further amended title IV-D. A significant result of this legislation is an expansion in the scope of information available to State IV-D child support enforcement agencies. The legislation has rendered obsolete or inconsistent several regulations at 45 CFR chapter III, Office of Child Support Enforcement, including the regulations on the Federal Parent Locator Service, the State Parent Locator Services, the offset of Federal payments for purposes of collecting child support, and the safeguarding of information. This regulation would update various sections in 45 CFR chapter III to reflect the statutory changes. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 45 CFR 303.3    45 CFR 303.21    45 CFR 303.70   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 652 to 654A    42 USC 663    42 USC 1302   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/14/2005  70 FR 60038   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/13/2005    
Final Action  09/26/2008  73 FR 56421   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Elizabeth C. Matheson
Director, Policy and Planning Division
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Child Support Enforcement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447
Phone:202 401-9386
Email: bmatheson@acf.hhs.gov