[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6371 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6371

 To amend title 40, United States Code, to transfer certain functions 
   from the General Accountability Office to the Department of Labor 
  relating to the processing of claims for the payment of workers who 
were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of such title.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2012

 Mr. Walberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to transfer certain functions 
   from the General Accountability Office to the Department of Labor 
  relating to the processing of claims for the payment of workers who 
were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of such title.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Claims Processing for 
Federal Contractor Employees Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              LABOR.

    (a) Authority of Comptroller General To Pay Wages and List 
Contractors Violating Contracts.--Section 3144 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``of Comptroller 
        General''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``Comptroller 
        General'' and inserting ``Secretary of Labor''.
    (b) Report of Violations and Withholding of Amounts for Unpaid 
Contracts and Liquidated Damages.--Section 3703(b)(3) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``Comptroller General'' both 
places it appears and inserting ``Secretary of Labor''.
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