Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Enrolled Bill (Sent to President))
`SEC. 453A. STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.
`(a) ESTABLISHMENT-
`(1) IN GENERAL-
`(A) REQUIREMENT FOR STATES THAT HAVE NO DIRECTORY- Except as provided in subparagraph (B), not later than October 1, 1997, each State shall establish an automated directory (to be known as the `State Directory of New Hires') which shall contain information supplied in accordance with subsection (b) by employers on each newly hired employee.
`(B) STATES WITH NEW HIRE REPORTING LAW IN EXISTENCE- A State which has a new hire reporting law in existence on the date of the enactment of this section may continue to operate under the State law, but the State must meet the requirements of subsection (g)(2) not later than October 1, 1997, and the requirements of this section (other than subsection (g)(2)) not later than October 1, 1998.
`(2) DEFINITIONS- As used in this section:
`(A) EMPLOYEE- The term `employee'--
`(i) means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
`(ii) does not include an employee of a Federal or State agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions, if the head of such agency has determined that reporting pursuan