MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ENACTMENT OF TITLE 41, UNITED STATES CODE, INTO A POSITIVE LAW TITLE AND TO IMPROVE THE CODE

On 2026-08-31, Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8) delivered a floor speech titled "MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ENACTMENT OF TITLE 41, UNITED STATES CODE, INTO A POSITIVE LAW TITLE AND TO IMPROVE THE CODE" in the House.

MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ENACTMENT OF TITLE 41, UNITED STATES CODE, INTO A POSITIVE LAW TITLE AND TO IMPROVE THE CODE

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 137 (Monday, August 31, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 137 (Monday, August 31, 2026)] [House] [Pages H5304-H5319] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ENACTMENT OF TITLE 41, UNITED STATES CODE, INTO A POSITIVE LAW TITLE AND TO IMPROVE THE CODE Mr. SCHMIDT. 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: H.R. 5185 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act 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. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code. SEC. 3. TITLE 2, UNITED STATES CODE. (1) The paragraph under the heading ``GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER'' in chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 141a) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code''. (2) Section 114 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-53, 2 U.S.C. 471 note) is amended by striking ``the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended'' and substituting ``chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code''. (3) Section 6(a) of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 475(a)) is amended-- (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code''; and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)'' and substituting ``section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31, United States Code''. (4) Section 119(a)(6) of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1108(a)(6)) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code''. (5) Section 3011(b)(4)(B) of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31, 2 U.S.C. 1151 note) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code,''. (6) Section 1308(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 1816a(a)) is amended by striking ``section 303M of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253m)'' and substituting ``section 3309 of title 41, United States Code,''. (7) Public Law 96-558 (2 U.S.C. 1816b) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code''. (8) Section 1201(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code,''. (9) Section 308(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 1964(b)) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code''. (10) Section 1(d) of Public Law 102-330 (2 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code''. (11) Section 307E(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code''. (12) Section 202(i)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)(2)) is amended by striking ``section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code,''. (13) Section 195(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 U.S.C. 6157(b)) is amended by striking ``section 5 of title 41'' and substituting ``section 6101 of title 41, United States Code,''. (14) Section 117(1) of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 6599(1)) is amended by striking ``section 5'' and substituting ``section 6101''. SEC. 4. TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. (1) Section 3(d)(2)(B) of the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (Public Law 101-552, 5 U.S.C. 571 note) is amended by striking ``section 6(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(a))'' and substituting ``section 1121(b) of title 41, United States Code''. (2) Section 595(c)(10) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (41 U.S.C. 251-260)'' and substituting ``the provisions referred to in section 171(c) of title 41''. (3) Section 206 of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-174, 5 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended-- [[Page H5305]] (A) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ``section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612)'' and substituting ``section 7108 of title 41, United States Code,''; and (B) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ``the Contracts Dispute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 note; Public Law 95-563)'' and substituting ``chapter 71 of title 41, United States Code''. (4) Section 3109(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''. (5) Section 1110(e)(2)(G) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84, 5 U.S.C. 3702 note) is amended by striking ``section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act'' and substituting ``chapter 21 of title 41, United States Code''. (6) Section 4105 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''. (7) Section 4(b) of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-292, 124 Stat. 3173, 5 U.S.C. 6501 note) is amended by striking ``section 303 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253)'' and substituting ``sections 3105, 3301, and 3303 to 3305 of title 41, United States Code''. (8) Section 7342(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``of subtitle I of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I'' and substituting ``referred to in section 171(b) and (c)''. (9) Section 8709(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''. (10) Section 8714a(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''. (11) Section 8714b(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''. (12) Section 8714c(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''. (13) Section 8902(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''. (14) Section 8953 of title 5, United States Code, is amended-- (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''; and (B) in subsection (d)(3)-- (i) before subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Contract Disputes Act of 1978'' and substituting ``chapter 71 of title 41''; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(after appropriate arrangements, as described in section 8(c) of such Act)''; and (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``section 10(a)(1) of such Act'' and substituting ``section 7104(b)(1) of title 41''. (15) Section 8983 of title 5, United States Code, is amended-- (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``section 6101(b) to (d)'' and substituting ``section 6101''; and (B) in subsection (d)(3)-- (i) before subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Contract Disputes Act of 1978'' and substituting ``chapter 71 of

Referenced legislation: HR5185, HR5185, HR5408