To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify the Federal Parent Locator Service to improve search functions and include State responsible father registry search functions, and for other purposes.

Permanency for Children Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to modify the Federal Parent Locator Service to allow state agencies that administer responsible-father registries to electronically exchange identifying information of mothers and putative fathers with other states.