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.
