To make technical amendments to title 49, United States Code, as necessary to improve the Code.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill is a technical cleanup of chapter 224 of title 49, which deals with transportation infrastructure financing language. It corrects wording around the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, updates references to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, adds missing title references to sections 20102 and 24102, standardizes the spelling of government-sponsored, and corrects Federal Credit Reform Act citations.
The bill is not designed to change who can receive a transportation loan, how large a loan may be, or what projects qualify. Its value is interpretive and administrative: agencies, applicants, lawyers, and congressional staff get cleaner statutory text for the same financing framework.
Who Benefits and How
DOT credit program administrators benefit from cleaner references in the transportation finance statute. Transportation infrastructure loan applicants benefit because corrected citations reduce confusion in application, counsel, and due-diligence work. Federal credit budget analysts benefit from more precise references to the Federal Credit Reform Act and budget-control law. Rail and surface transportation project sponsors benefit from clearer title 49 cross-references. Legal researchers and congressional drafting staff benefit because the chapter aligns with current codification conventions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DOT legal staff must update guidance, templates, and reference materials to reflect the technical amendments. Federal credit program staff must adjust manuals and internal crosswalks for the corrected citations. Law Revision Counsel staff and congressional counsel must maintain the corrected text. Applicants and outside counsel may need to update documents that cite the older wording, although the bill does not impose new substantive eligibility duties.
Key Provisions
- Amends title 49 chapter 224 definitions related to the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees.
- Updates Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act and Federal Credit Reform Act references.
- Adds missing title references to transportation statutory sections.
- Corrects spelling and formatting in government-sponsored financing language.
- Provides technical cleanup without changing transportation financing eligibility or loan terms.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes technical amendments to chapter 224 of title 49 by correcting definitions, cross-references, spelling, and Federal Credit Reform Act citations for transportation infrastructure financing provisions without changing the underlying loan or loan-guarantee policy.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Infrastructure Finance, Codification, Federal Credit
Primary Purpose
Makes technical amendments to chapter 224 of title 49 by correcting definitions, cross-references, spelling, and Federal Credit Reform Act citations for transportation infrastructure financing provisions without changing the underlying loan or loan-guarantee policy.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- DOT credit program administrators
- Transportation infrastructure loan applicants
- Federal credit budget analysts
- Rail project sponsors
- Surface transportation project sponsors
- Legal researchers
- Congressional drafting staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- DOT legal staff
- Federal credit program staff
- Law Revision Counsel staff
- Congressional counsel
- Applicants updating old citations
- Outside counsel updating old citations
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
ReportedOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. Onder introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
DOT legal staff, Federal credit budget analysts, Law Revision Counsel staff
Positive-direction: Federal credit budget analysts
Negative-direction: DOT legal staff, Law Revision Counsel staff
DOT credit program administrators, Transportation infrastructure loan applicants
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "dot"
- → Department of Transportation
- "fcr"
- → Federal Credit Reform Act
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