CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) Claims for Proceeds From Sale of Household and Personal Effects.— Section 5564(h) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “General Accounting Office” each place it appears and inserting “Administrator of General Services”. (b) Settlement of Accounts of Deceased Employees.— Section 5583 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “Comptroller General of the United States” and inserting “Director of the Office of Personnel Management”; and (2) in subsection (b) by striking the first sentence and inserting: “The Director may by regulation prescribe the method for settlement of accounts payable under subsection (a) of this section.” (c) Remission of Liquidated Damages.— Section 2312 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”. (d) Disposition of Unclaimed Property.— Section 2575(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Comptroller General of the United States” both places it appears and inserting “Secretary of Defense”. (e) Payment OF Claims.— Sections 2733(d) and 2734(d) of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”. (f) Settlement of Accounts of Deceased Members.— Section 2771(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(c) Payments under subsection (a) shall be made by the Secretary of Defense.”. (g) Disposition of Effects of Deceased Members.— Sections 4712 and 9712 of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking subsection (g). (h) Settlement of International Claims.— Section 7 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U. S. C. 1626) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1) by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”; and (B) in paragraph (2) by striking “Comptroller General of the United States” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”; and (2) in subsection (d) by striking “, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be,”. 110 STAT. 3843 (i) Estates of Decedents.— Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes (22 U. S. C. 4195) is amended— (1) by striking “General Accounting Office” each place it appears and inserting “Department of State”; (2) in the penultimate paragraph— (A) in the first sentence, by striking “Comptroller General of the United States, or such member of the General Accounting Office as he may duly empower to act as his representative for the purpose,” and inserting “Secretary of State or the Secretary’s representative”; and (B) by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of State”; and (3) in the last paragraph— (A) by striking “office” and inserting “department”; and (B) by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of State”. (j) Disposition of Effects of Deceased Armed Forces Retirement Home Residents.— Section 1520 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U. S. C. 420) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)— (A) by striking “Comptroller General of the United States” in the second sentence and inserting “Secretary of Defense”; and (B) by striking “Comptroller General” in the third sentence and inserting “Secretary”; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking “Comptroller General of the United States” in paragraph (1) and inserting “Secretary of Defense”; and (B) by striking “Comptroller General” in paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting “Secretary”. (k) Payment of Judgments and Compromise Settlements.— Section 2414 of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the first paragraph by striking “General Accounting Office” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”. (l) Payment of Judgments.— Section 2517(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking “General Accounting Office” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”. (m) Judgment Fund Certifications.— Section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking “Comptroller General” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”. (n) Claims Settlement.— (1) In general.— Section 3702 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (A) in the heading by striking “of the Comptroller General”; (B) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: “(a) Except as provided in this chapter or another law, all claims of or against the United States Government shall be settled as follows: “(1) The Secretary of Defense shall settle— “(A) claims involving uniformed service members’ pay, allowances, travel, transportation, retired pay, and survivor benefits; and 110 STAT. 3844 “(B) claims by transportation carriers involving amounts collected from them for loss or damage incurred to property incident to shipment at Government expense. “(2) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall settle claims involving Federal civilian employees’ compensation and leave. “(3) The Administrator of General Services shall settle claims involving expenses incurred by Federal civilian employees for official travel and transportation, and for relocation expenses incident to transfers of official duty station. “(4) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall settle claims not otherwise provided for by this subsection or another provision of law.”; (C) in subsection (b)(1), by amending that portion of the second sentence preceding subparagraph (A) to read “The claim must be received by the official responsible under subsection (a) for settling the claim or by the agency that conducts the activity from which the claim arises within 6 years after the claim accrues except—”; (D) in subsection (b)(2) by striking “presented to the Comptroller General” and inserting “received”, and by striking “clause” and inserting “paragraph”; (E) by amending subsection (b)(3) to read as follows: “(3) A claim that is not received in the time required under this subsection shall be returned with a copy of this subsection, and no further communication is required.”; and (F) in subsection (d), by striking “Comptroller General” the first place it appears and inserting “official responsible under subsection (a) for settling the claim”; and by striking “Comptroller General” every other place it appears and inserting “official”. (2) Clerical amendment.— Chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the table of sections at the beginning of the chapter, by amending the item relating to section 3702 to read as follows: “3702. Authority to settle claims,”. (o) Transportation Claims.— Section 3726 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (f) by striking “and the Comptroller General prescribe jointly” and inserting “prescribes”; and (2) in subsection (g)(1) by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Administrator of General Services”. (p) Setoff Against Judgments.— Section 3728 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “Comptroller General” the first place it appears and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”; and (2) by striking “Comptroller General” each place it appears thereafter and inserting “Secretary”. (q) Settlement of Accounts of Deceased Members.— Section 714(c) of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary concerned”; and (2) by striking the second sentence. (r) Payment of Claims Relating to National Guard Activities.— Section 715(d) of title 32, United States Code, is110 STAT. 3845 amended by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”. (s) Claims for Net Proceeds from Sales of Household and Personal Effects.— Section 554(h) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking “General Accounting Office” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary of Defense”. (t) Cancellation of Checks Mailed to Deceased Payees.— Section 5122 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “upon settlement by the General Accounting Office”. (u) Waiver of Liquidated Damages.— Section 10(a) of the Act of September 5, 1950 (64 Stat. 591; 41 U. S. C. 256a), is amended by striking “Comptroller General” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”.