[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2747 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2747
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen
An Act
To amend title 40, United States Code, to transfer certain functions
from the Government 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''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.