[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR603.2]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 603--INCOME AND ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart A--Income and Eligibility Verification System
 
Sec. 603.2  Definitions.


    For the purposes of this part:
    (a) State unemployment compensation agency means the agency charged 
with the administration of the unemployment compensation law approved by 
the Secretary of Labor under section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 3304).
    (b) Wage information means information about wages as defined in the 
State's unemployment compensation law and includes the Social Security 
Number (or numbers, if more than one) and quarterly wages of an 
employee, and the name, address, State, and (when known) Federal 
employer identification number of an employer reporting wages under a 
State unemployment compensation law, except that in a State in which 
wages are not required

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to be reported under the unemployment compensation law, ``wage 
information'' means:
    (1) That wage information which is reported under provisions of 
State law which fulfill the requirements of section 1137 of the Social 
Security Act; or
    (2) That information which is obtained through an alternative system 
which fulfills the requirements of section 1137 of the Social Security 
Act.
    (c) Claim information means information regarding:
    (1) Whether an individual is receiving, has received or has applied 
for unemployment compensation;
    (2) The amount of compensation the individual is receiving or is 
entitled to receive;
    (3) The individual's current (or most recent) home address; and
    (4) Whether the individual has refused an offer of work and, if so, 
a description of the job offered including the terms, conditions, and 
rate of pay.
    (5) Any other information contained in the records of the State 
unemployment compensation agency which is needed by the requesting 
agency to verify eligiblity for, and the amount of, benefits.
    (d) Requesting agency means:
    (1) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of 
enforcing the provisions of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children 
program under a State plan approved under part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act;
    (2) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of 
enforcing the provisions of the Medicaid program under a State plan 
approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act;
    (3) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of 
enforcing the provisions of the Food Stamp program under the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977;
    (4) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of 
enforcing a program under a plan approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI 
of the Social Security Act;
    (5) Any State or local child support enforcement agency charged with 
the responsibility of enforcing child support obligations under a plan 
approved under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act; and
    (6) The Secretary of Health and Human Services in establishing or 
verifying eligibility or benefit amounts under titles II and XVI of the 
Social Security Act (section 1137(a)).