; (ii) the contractor or subcontractor shall not be liable for any applicable back pay, damages, or civil penalties owed by the contractor or subcontractor under this subchapter with respect to the misclassification of such 2 or more laborers or mechanics; and (iii) the Secretary of Labor, administrative law judge, or court, as applicable, shall award (and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in accordance with subparagraph (B), pay) to the contractor or subcontractor reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys in the same manner as such fees and expenses could be awarded under section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, if the contractor or subcontractor was a prevailing party and the hearing or appeals proceeding was a civil action brought by or against the United States. (B) Source of funds The Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon notification by the Secretary of Labor, administrative law judge, or court, as applicable, pay any fees or expenses awarded under subparagraph (A)(iii) from amounts in the general fund of the Treasury. (e) Misclassification enforcement through stop work orders (1) In general In any case where a contractor or subcontractor of a contract or subcontract to which this subchapter applies does not comply with a reclassification order issued by the Secretary under subsection (d)(1), with respect to 2 or more laborers or mechanics who are misclassified in violation of subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue— (A) subject to subparagraph (B), an order against the contractor or subcontractor requiring the cessation of all business operations of such contractor or subcontractor at the location of the violation