1.This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act
.
2.Transfer of administrative authority to the Department of Labor
(a)Authority of Comptroller General To pay wages and list contractors violating contractsSection 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 damagesSection 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.Karen L. Haas,Clerk.