To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill is a large technical corrections bill for title 41 of the United States Code, the public-contracts title. It updates older statutory references to the former Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, Service Contract Act, Buy American Act, Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, Contract Disputes Act, and related procurement provisions so that they point to current title 41, title 40, or title 31 sections.
The bill touches many titles, including title 5 civil-service provisions, title 7 agriculture laws, title 12 banking and housing laws, title 25 Indian affairs provisions, title 29 labor statutes, title 31 money and finance provisions, title 33 water laws, and title 42 public-health, housing, energy, environment, and disaster laws. It is not meant to change procurement policy; it makes the Code easier to use after title 41 was reorganized into positive law.
Who Benefits and How
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel benefits because obsolete references are conformed to current Code structure. Federal procurement officers benefit from cleaner citations to title 41 authorities. Agency counsel at USDA, HHS, HUD, EPA, and FEMA benefit when program statutes point to current procurement sections. Government contractors benefit from fewer confusing references to repealed or recodified procurement laws. Legal publishers and congressional drafting staff benefit from cleaner statutory text.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Agency legal offices must update internal manuals, forms, and compliance guides to use the corrected citations. Federal procurement training staff must refresh materials that still cite older procurement statutes. Legal publishers must update annotations and compilations. Congressional drafting staff must verify that revived or repealed references do not alter substantive rights. Because the bill is technical, regulated contractors do not receive new substantive duties beyond reference cleanup.
Key Provisions
- Amends title 5 cross-references to current title 41 procurement and contract-dispute provisions.
- Amends title 7 agriculture provisions to current title 40 and title 41 procurement citations.
- Amends title 12 banking and housing provisions to current procurement citations.
- Amends title 25, title 29, title 31, title 33, and title 42 provisions to current title 41 citations.
- Amends older Service Contract Act, Buy American Act, and Javits-Wagner-O'Day references to current title 41 chapters.
- Provides technical Code improvements without changing the underlying procurement policy.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes technical corrections after title 41 was enacted as a positive-law title, replacing obsolete procurement, contracting, Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, Service Contract Act, Buy American Act, Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, and Office of Federal Procurement Policy citations across many titles of the United States Code.
Key Policy Areas
Legal Codification, Government Procurement, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Makes technical corrections after title 41 was enacted as a positive-law title, replacing obsolete procurement, contracting, Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, Service Contract Act, Buy American Act, Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, and Office of Federal Procurement Policy citations across many titles of the United States Code.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Office of the Law Revision Counsel
- Federal procurement officers
- Agency counsel at USDA
- Agency counsel at HHS
- Agency counsel at HUD
- Government contractors
- Legal publishers
- Congressional drafting staff
Identified Costs
- Agency legal offices
- Federal procurement training staff
- Legal publishers
- Congressional drafting staff
- Government contractors updating compliance manuals
Legislative Progress
ReportedOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "olrc"
- → Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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