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[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.