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H.R. 5185

To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.

📅 Sep 14, 2026
Summary:
• The bill updates outdated statutory references across dozens of titles of the U.S. Code, replacing obsolete citations (such as references to "section 3709 of the Revised Statutes," the "Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949," and the "Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act") with their current equivalents in the codified U.S. Code, particularly in title 41.
• The bill's stated purpose is to make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code generally.
• The amendments span Titles 2 through 52 of the U.S. Code, touching laws ranging from legislative branch appropriations acts to the Atomic Energy Act, the Small Business Act, the Clean Air Act, and numerous other statutes.

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