[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6371 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6371


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 14, 2012

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.