41 U.S.C. § 36 : US Code - Section 36: Liability for contract breach; cancellation; completion by Government agency; employee's wages

Search 41 U.S.C. § 36 : US Code - Section 36: Liability for contract breach; cancellation; completion by Government agency; employee's wages

Any breach or violation of any of the representations and
stipulations in any contract for the purposes set forth in section
35 of this title shall render the party responsible therefor liable
to the United States of America for liquidated damages, in addition
to damages for any other breach of such contract, the sum of $10
per day for each male person under sixteen years of age or each
female person under eighteen years of age, or each convict laborer
knowingly employed in the performance of such contract, and a sum
equal to the amount of any deductions, rebates, refunds, or
underpayment of wages due to any employee engaged in the
performance of such contract; and, in addition, the agency of the
United States entering into such contract shall have the right to
cancel same and to make open-market purchases or enter into other
contracts for the completion of the original contract, charging any
additional cost to the original contractor. Any sums of money due
to the United States of America by reason of any violation of any
of the representations and stipulations of said contract set forth
in section 35 of this title may be withheld from any amounts due on
any such contracts or may be recovered in suits brought in the name
of the United States of America by the Attorney General thereof.
All sums withheld or recovered as deductions, rebates, refunds, or
underpayments of wages shall be held in a special deposit account
and shall be paid, on order of the Secretary of Labor, directly to
the employees who have been paid less than minimum rates of pay as
set forth in such contracts and on whose account such sums were
withheld or recovered: Provided, That no claims by employees for
such payments shall be entertained unless made within one year from
the date of actual notice to the contractor of the withholding or
recovery of such sums by the United States of America.