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NOV-10-1997 11:41 TO:213 - J. KLEIN
FROM:SCOTT, A.
P. 1/4
URGENT
Total Pages: 4
LRM ID: MNB72
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Washington, D.C. 20503-0001
Monday, November 10, 1997
LEGISLATIVE REFERRAL MEMORANDUM
TO:
Legislative Lialson Officer - See Distribution below
FROM:
prett Janet R. Forsgren forger (for) Assistant
Director for Legislative Reference
OMB CONTACT:
Melissa N. Benton
PHONE: (202)395-7887 FAX: (202)395-6148
SUBJECT:
OMB Request for Views on S1487 A bill to establish a National Voluntary
Mutual Reunion Registry
DEADLINE:
3:00 p.m. Monday, November 10, 1997
In accordance with OMB Circular A-19, OMB requests the views of your agency on the above
subject before advising on its relationship to the program of the President. Please advise us If this
Item will affect direct spending or receipts for purposes of the "Pay-As-You-Go" provisions of Title
XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcillation Act of 1990.
COMMENTS: The Senate passed S. 1487 on Saturday, November 8, by Unanimous Consent.
Please advise by the deadline if you have any problems with the bill.
DISTRIBUTION LIST
AGENCIES:
52-HHS - Sondra S. Wallace . (202) 690-7760
61-JUSTICE - Andrew Fois - (202) 514-2141
EOP:
Keith J. Fontenot
Matthew McKearn
Laura Oliven Silberfarb
Maya A. Bernstein
Jennifer L. Klein
Janet R. Forsgren
James C. Murr
Richard Bavier
nicole Rabner
URGENT
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LRM ID: MNB72
SUBJECT: OMB Request for Views on S1487 A bill to establish a National
Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry
RESPONSE TO
LEGISLATIVE REFERRAL
MEMORANDUM
If your response to this request for views is short (e.g., concur/no comment), we prefer that you respond by
e-mail or by faxing us this response sheet. If the response is short and you prefer to call, please call the
branch-wide line shown below (NOT the analyst's line) to leave a message with a legislative assistant.
You may also respond by:
(1) calling the analyst/attomey's direct line (you will be connected to voice mail If the analyst does not
answer); or
(2) sending us a memo or letter
Please Include the LRM number shown above, and the subject shown below.
TO:
Melissa N. Benton Phone: 395-7887 Fax: 395-6148
Office of Management and Budget
Branch-Wide Line (to reach legislative assistant): 395-7362
FROM:
(Date)
(Name)
(Agency)
(Telephone)
The following is the response of our agency to your request for views on the above-captioned subject:
Concur
No Objection
No Comment
See proposed edits on pages
Other:
FAX RETURN of
pages, attached to this response sheet
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FILE s1487
S 1487 ES
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
AN ACT
To establish a National Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry.
[Italic->] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, [<-Italic]
SECTION. 1. NATIONAL VOLUNTARY MUTUAL REUNION REGISTRY.
Part E of title 1V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`SEC. 479A. NATIONAL VOLUNTARY MUTUAL REUNION REGISTRY.
(a) EXCHANGE OF MUTUALLY REQUESTED IDENTIFYING INFORMATION- The
Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary and provided that
there is no net cost to the Federal Government, may use the
facilities of the Department of Health and Human Services to
facilitate the voluntary, mutually requested exchange of
identifying information that has been mutually consented to, by an
adult adopted individual who is 21 years of age or older with--
(1) any birth parent of the adult adopted individual; or
(2) any adult sibling who is 21 years of age or older, of
the adult adopted individual,
if all such persons involved have, on their own initiative,
consented by a signed notarized statement to the exchange of such
identifying information.
(b) REQUIREMENTS- The Secretary shall ensure that a National
Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry established under this section
(in this section referred to as the 'Registry') meets the following
requirements:
(1) CENTRALIZED CAPACITY- The Registry provides a
centralized nationwide capacity for the information described
in subsection (a) and utilizes appropriately designed computer
and data processing methods to protect the privacy of the
information contained in the Registry, and does not intrude on
any other data system maintained by the Department of Health
and Human Services.
(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES- The Registry complies with
procedures established by the Secretary that provide that--
(A) only information necessary to facilitate a match
shall be contained in the Registry and the Registry shall
not attempt to make contact for the purpose of facilitating
a reunion with any individual who is not entered into or
participating in the Registry:
(B) to the maximum extent feasible, the confidentiality
and privacy rights and interests of all parties
participating in the Registry are protected; and
(C) information pertaining to any individual that is
maintained in connection with any activity carried out
under this section shall be confidential and not be
disclosed for any purpose without the prior, written,
informed consent of the individual with respect to whom
such information applies or is maintained.
(c) REASONABLE FEES- Reasonable fees, established by taking into
consideration, and not to exceed, the average charge of comparable
services offered by States, may be collected for services provided
under this section.
(d) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION-
(1) FINE AND IMPRISONMENT- Any individual or entity that is
found 10 have disclosed or used confidential information in
violation of the provisions of this section shall bc subject to
a fine of $5000 and imprisonment for a period not to exceed 1
year.
(?) NONAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION 3571 OF TITLE 18, UNITED
STATES CODE- The provisions of section 3571 of title 18, United
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States Code, shall not apply to a violation described in
paragraph (1).
(e) NO PREEMPTION- Nothing in this section invalidates or limits
any law of a State or of a political subdivision of a State
concerning adoption and the confidentiality of that State's sealed
adoption record policy.
Passed the Senate November 8, 1997.
Attest:
Secretary.
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
AN ACT
To establish a National Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry.