[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: 20CFR603.21] [Page 31] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 603--INCOME AND ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents Subpart B--Quarterly Wage Reporting Sec. 603.21 Alternative system. The Secretary of Labor (in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture) may waive the provision that employers in a State are required to make quarterly wage reports to a State agency if the Secretary determines that the State has in effect an alternative system which is as effective and timely for purposes of providing employment related income and eligibility data for the purposes described in section 1137 of the Social Security Act. Criteria for such waiver and the date for submitting requests for such waiver will be issued, if necessary, by the United States Department of Labor and published for comment in the Federal Register.