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 PUBLIC LAW 99-578—OCT. 28, 1986

100 STAT. 3307

the Department of Justice for collection. Each such report shall include a list, by agency, of— "(1) the total number and amounts of claims which were referred for legal services to the Department of Justice and to private counsel under subsection (b) during the 1-year period covered by the report; "(2) the total number and amount of those claims referred for legal services to the Department of Justice which were collected or were not collected or otherwise resolved during the 1-year period covered by the report; and "(3) the total number and amount of those claims referred for legal services to private counsel under subsection 0>)— "(A) which were collected or were not collected or otherwise resolved during the 1-year period covered by the report; "(B) which were not collected or otherwise resolved under a contract terminated by the Attorney General during the 1-year period covered by the report; and "(C) on which the Attorney General terminated the private counsel's representation during the 1-year period covered by the report without terminating the contract with the private counsel under which the claims were referred.". SEC. 2. REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States shall transmit to the Congress a report on the actions taken under section 37180t)) of title 31, United States Code (as added by section 1 of this Act). SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM.

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The Attorney General shall carry out subsections O> and (c) of t) section 3718 of title 31, United States Code (as added by section 1 of this Act), through a pilot program in each of at least 5 and not more thn 10 judicial districts selected by the Attorney General. SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

31 USC 3718

The Attorney General shall issue regulations to carry out this Act and the amendments made by section 1 of this Act. The Attorney General shall submit the regulations to the Congress at leeist 60 days before they become effective. SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

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This Act and the amendments made by section 1 of this Act shall be in effect for a period of three years, beginning on the date on which regulations become effective under section 4. SEC. 6. AUDIT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

(a) CONTENTS OF AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall, at the end of the 3-year period referred to in section 5, conduct an audit of the actions of the Attorney General under subsection (b) of section 3718 of title 31, United States Code (as added by section 1 of this Act), under the pilot program referred to in section 3. The Comptroller General shall determine the extent of the competition among private counsel to obtain contracts awarded under such subsection, the reasonableness of the fees provided in such contracts, the diligence and efforts of the Attorney General to retain private counsel in accordance with the provisions of such

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