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 110 STAT. 2254 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 "(d) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. — States may enter into reciprocal arrangements for the establishment and enforcement of support obligations with foreign countries that are not the subject of a. declaration pursuant to subsection (a), to the extent consistent with Federal law.", (b) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.— Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 301(b), 303(a), 312(b), 313(a), 333, 343(b), and 370(a)(2) of this Act, is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (30); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (31) and inserting "; and"; and (3) by adding after paragraph (31) the following new paragraph: "(32)(A) provide that any request for services under this part by a foreign reciprocating country or a foreign country with which the State has an arrangement described in section 459A(d)(2) shall be treated as a request by a State; "(B) provide, at State option, notwithstanding paragraph (4) or any other provision of this part, for services under the plan for enforcement of a spousal support order not described in paragraph (4)(B) entered by such a country (or subdivision); and "(C) provide that no applications will be required from, and no costs will be assessed for such services against, the foreign reciprocating country or foreign obligee (but costs may at State option be assessed against the obligor).". SEC. 372. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCHES. Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by sections 315, 317, 323, 365, and 369 of this Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the following new paragraph: "(17) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCHES. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— Procedures under which the State agency shall enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in the State— "(i) to develop and operate, in coordination with such financial institutions, a data match system, using automated data exchanges to the maximum extent feasible, in which each such financial institution is required to provide for each calendar qusirter the name, record address, social security number or other taxpayer identification number, and other identifying information for each noncustodial parent who maintains an account at such institution and who owes past-due support, as identified by the State by name and social security number or other taxpayer identification number; and "(ii) in response to a notice of lien or levy, encumber or surrender, as the case may be, assets held by such institution on behalf of any noncustodial parent who is subject to a child support lien pursuant to paragraph (4). "(B) REASONABLE FEES.— The State agency may pay a reasonable fee to a financial institution for conducting the data match provided for in subparagraph (A)(i), not to exceed the actual costs incurred by such financial institution.

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