SECTION 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act”.
Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act
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,
SEC. 2. Transfer of Administrative Authority to the Department of Labor.
Authority of Comptroller General To Pay Wages and List Contractors Violating Contracts.— Section 3144 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—
in the section heading, by striking “ of Comptroller General”; and
in subsection (a)(1), by striking “ Comptroller General” and inserting “ Secretary of Labor”.
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”.