CERTIFICATION OF CONTRACT CLAIMS.

SEC. 2301. CERTIFICATION OF CONTRACT CLAIMS. (a) In General.— Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2409a the following new section 2410: “§2410. Requests for equitable adjustment or other relief: certification “(a) Certification Requirement.— A request for equitable adjustment to contract terms or request for relief under Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold may not be paid unless a person authorized to certify the request on behalf of the contractor certifies, at the time the request is submitted, that— 108 STAT. 3321 “(1) the request is made in good faith, and “(2) the supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief. “(b) Restriction on Legislative Payment of Claims.— In the case of a contract of an agency named in section 2303(a) of this title, no provision of a law enacted after September 30, 1994, that directs the payment of a particular claim under such contract, a particular request for equitable adjustment to any term of such contract, or a particular request for relief under Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) regarding such contract may be implemented unless such provision of law— “(1) specifically refers to this subsection; and “(2) specifically states that this subsection does not apply with respect to the payment directed by that provision of law. “(c) Definition.— In this section, the term ‘simplified acquisition threshold’ has the meaning given that term in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.”. (b) Repeal of Related Provision.— Section 2410e of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (c) Clerical amendments.— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 of such title is amended— (A) by striking out the items relating to sections 2410 and 2410e; and (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 2409a the following: “2410. Requests for equitable adjustment or other relief: certification.”.