“I am asking the House to pass this bill to update and clean up the language in federal law.”

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (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. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: Sec. 1. Table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose. Sec. 3. Title 2, United States Code. Sec. 4. Title 5, United States Code. Sec. 5. Title 6, United States Code. Sec. 6. Title 7, United States Code. Sec. 7. Title 8, United States Code. Sec. 8. Title 10, United States Code. Sec. 9. Title 12, United States Code. Sec. 10. Title 14, United States Code. Sec. 11. Title 15, United States Code. Sec. 12. Title 16, United States Code. Sec. 13. Title 18, United States Code. Sec. 14. Title 19, United States Code. Sec. 15. Title 20, United States Code. Sec. 16. Title 21, United States Code. Sec. 17. Title 22, United States Code. Sec. 18. Title 23, United States Code. Sec. 19. Title 24, United States Code. Sec. 20. Title 25, United States Code. Sec. 21. Title 26, United States Code. Sec. 22. Title 28, United States Code. Sec. 23. Title 29, United States Code. Sec. 24. Title 30, United States Code. Sec. 25. Title 31, United States Code. Sec. 26. Title 33, United States Code. Sec. 27. Title 35, United States Code. Sec. 28. Title 38, United States Code. Sec. 29. Title 40, United States Code. Sec. 30. Title 41, United States Code. Sec. 31. Title 42, United States Code. Sec. 32. Title 43, United States Code. Sec. 33. Title 44, United States Code. Sec. 34. Title 45, United States Code. Sec. 35. Title 46, United States Code. Sec. 36. Title 48, United States Code. Sec. 37. Title 49, United States Code. Sec. 38. Title 50, United States Code. Sec. 39. Title 51, United States Code. Sec. 40. Title 52, United States Code. ``CHAPTER 73--FINALITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS IN DISPUTES ARISING ``Sec. ``7301. Definitions. ``7302. Finality and conclusiveness of decisions. ``7303. Limitation on pleading. ``7304. Limitation on finality of decisions as to questions of law. ``73. Finality of Administrative Decisions in Disputes ``154. Additional definitions. ``SUBCHAPTER IV--REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS FORMERLY CONTAINED IN OTHER ``171. References to provisions formerly contained in the Federal ``172. References to provisions formerly contained in the Office of ``SUBCHAPTER IV--REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS FORMERLY CONTAINED IN OTHER ``3103. Goals for major acquisition programs.’’.”

“I want the House to pass this bill. It fixes minor errors and updates the wording in our laws about government contracts. It does not change what any law actually does.”

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5185 was prepared for the Judiciary Committee by the Office of Law Revision Counsel, a nonpartisan office of the House of Representatives charged with maintaining the official United States Code. In 2011, Congress enacted a positive law restatement of title 41, which pertains to public contracts. After Congress enacts a positive law restatement of a title of the code, a follow-up bill is sometimes necessary to correct technical errors, make conforming amendments, and incorporate additional provisions. H.R. 5185 is such a follow-up bill. This bill does not change the substantive meaning of any law on the books today. It simply helps ensure that the code is up to date, accurate, and accessible. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.”