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 PUBLIC LAW 97-452—JAN. 12, 1983

96 STAT. 2477

31 USC 3906. "(a) A claim for an interest penalty not paid under this chapter may be filed under section 6 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 605). "(b)(l) An interest penalty under this chapter does not continue to accrue— "(A) after a claim for a penalty is filed under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); or "(B) for more than one year. "(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not prevent an interest penalty from accruing under section 12 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 611) after a penalty stops accruing under this chapter. A penalty accruing under section 12 may accrue on an unpaid contract payment and on the unpaid penalty under this chapter. "(c) Except as provided in section 3904 of this title, this chapter does not require an interest penalty on a payment that is not made because of a dispute between the head of an agency and a business concern over the amount of payment or compliance with the contract. A claim related to the dispute, and interest payable for the period during which the dispute is being resolved, is subject to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).". (B) The analysis of subtitle III is amended by inserting the following immediately below item 37: "39. PROMPT PAYMENT
 * § 3906. Relationship to other laws

3901".

(19) Section 5103 is amended by inserting ", public charges, taxes, and dues" after "debts" the first time it appears. (20) Section 5112(f)(l) is amended-(A) by inserting in the matter before clause (A), a comma after "10,000,00y'; and (B) by striking out of clause (C) "two hundred and fiftieth" and substituting "250th". (21) Section 5132(a)(2) is amended by striking out "$54,706,000" and "1982" and substituting '^50,165,000" and "1983", respectivelv. (22) Section 5154 is amended by striking out "United States coins and currency circulating within its jurisdiction" and substituting "other forms of money". (23X^ Chapter 61 is amended by inserting after section 6102 the following: "(a) The Director of the OfEce of Management and Budget shall— "(1) maintain the United States Government assistance awards information s^tem established as a result of the study conducted under section 9 of the Federal Program Information Act; and "(2) update the system on a quarterly basis. "(b) To carry out subsection (a) of th& section, the Director— "(1) m ^ delegate the responsibility for carrying out subsection (a) of this section to the head of another executive agency; "(2) shall review a report the head of an agency submits to the Director on the method of carrying out subsection (a) of this section; and "(3) may validate, by appropriate means, the method by which an agency prepares the report.".
 * '§ 6102a. Assistance awards information system

Ante, p. 980. Ante, p. 981.

Ante, p. 988. Ante, p. 992.

31 USC 6102a.

31 USC 1701 note. Ante, p. 877.

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