[113th Congress Public Law 50]
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Public Law 113-50
113th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Nov. 21, 2013 -  [H.R. 2747]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Streamlining 
Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 40 USC 101 note.>>  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''.

    Approved November 21, 2013.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2747:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013):
            Sept. 10, considered and passed House.
            Nov. 5, considered and passed Senate.

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