“I want the House to pass this bill. It fixes minor writing errors in the federal laws about national parks.”

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5182) to make improvements in the enactment of title 54, United States Code, into a positive law title and to correct related technical errors, as amended. 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 15, United States Code. Sec. 4. Title 16, United States Code. Sec. 5. Title 43, United States Code. Sec. 6. Amendments to Public Law 113-287 and title 54, United States Sec. 7. Transitional and savings provisions. Sec. 8. Repeals. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ``Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 title X, Sec. 1004 16 U.S.C. 2503 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ``101331. Purposes; definitions.’’. ``200301. Purposes; definitions.’’. ``200501. Purposes; complement to existing Federal programs; ``308301. Purposes.’’. ``311101. Purpose; definitions.’’. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Act of May 15, 1896 (ch. 182)..................... 1 16 U.S.C. 411 Act of March 3, 1897 (ch. 372).................... 1 16 U.S.C. 413 Act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 355).................. 1 (last paragraph under 16 U.S.C. 421 Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (Pub. title I, Sec. 1(b) 16 U.S.C. 460l-4 L. 88-578)....................................... Public Law 95-344................................. title III, Sec. 301(b) 16 U.S.C. 2301(b) Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 title X, Sec. 1003 16 U.S.C. 2502 (Pub. L. 95-625)................................. National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund Act 1 16 U.S.C. 19gg note (Pub. L. 97-433)................................. Omnibus Parks and Public Land Management Act of div. I, title VIII, Sec. 16 U.S.C. 17o(1) 1996 (Pub. L. 104-333)........................... 814(a)(1) National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom 2(b) 16 U.S.C. 469l(b) Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-203).................... Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. title VII, Sec. 7302(a) 16 U.S.C. 469n(a) L. 111-11)....................................... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------”

“I want the House to pass this bill. It fixes technical errors in the laws about the National Park Service. It does not change what any law actually means, but it makes sure the written code is accurate.”

“Mr. Speaker, unsurprisingly, H.R. 5182 makes technical corrections and updates to the United States Code. This bill 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 2014, Congress enacted a positive law restatement of title 54, which pertains to the National Park Service and related programs. 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. 5182 is such a follow-up bill. The 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.”