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 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 110 STAT. 2213 occur, without the need for a judicial or administrative hearing.". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (A) Section 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "subsection (a)(1)" and inserting "subsection (a)(1)(A)". (B) Section 466(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(4)) is amended to read as follows: "(4)(A) Such withholding must be carried out in full compli- Notice. ance with all procedural due process requirements of the State, and the State must send notice to each noncustodial parent to whom paragraph (1) applies— "(i) that the withholding has commenced; and "(ii) of the procedures to follow if the noncustodial parent desires to contest such withholding on the grounds that the withholding or the amount witWbeld is improper due to a mistake of fact. "(B) The notice under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall include the information provided to the employer under paragraph (6)(A).". (C) Section 466(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(5)) is amended by striking all that follows "administered by" and inserting "the State through the State disbursement unit established pursuant to section 454B, in accordance with the requirements of section 454B.". (D) Section 466(b)(6)(A) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)(6)(A)) is amended— (i) in clause (i), by striking "to the appropriate agency" and all that follows and inserting "to the State disbursement unit within 7 business days after the date the amount would (but for this subsection) have been paid or credited to the employee, for distribution in accordance with this part. The employer shall withhold funds as directed in the notice, except that when an employer receives an income withholding order issued Dy another State, the employer shall apply the income withholding law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment in determining— (I) the employer's fee for processing an income withholding order; "(II) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; "(III) the time periods within which the employer must implement the income withholding order and forward the child support payment; "(IV) the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multiple child support obligees; and "(V) any withholduig terms or conditions not specified in the order. An employer who complies with an income withholding notice that is regular on its face shall not be subject to civil liability to any individual or agency for conduct in compliance with the notice."; (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting "be in a standard format prescribed by the Secretary, and" after "shall"; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause:

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