[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 31 (Monday, February 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E295-E296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 LEGISLATION TO CODIFY TITLE 41, U.S. CODE, REGARDING PUBLIC CONTRACTS

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 23, 2009

  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, Ranking Member Lamar Smith and I are 
introducing a bill to codify into positive law as title 41, United 
States Code, certain general and permanent laws related to public 
contracts. This bill was prepared by the Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel, as part of its functions under 2 U.S.C. Sec. 285(b).
  This bill is substantially identical to H.R. 4779, which the 
Committee on the Judiciary approved in last Congress, updated to 
incorporate a few enactments that took place after the earlier bill was 
prepared, and to incorporate a few technical clarifications suggested 
by interested parties.

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  This bill is not intended to make any substantive changes in the law. 
As is typical with the codification process, a number of non-
substantive revisions are made, including the reorganization of 
sections into a more coherent overall structure, but these changes are 
not intended to have any substantive effect.
  As the bill was already subject to extensive agency and public review 
in the last Congress, as well as in the Congress preceding, the 
Committee plans to report it to the House promptly and to seek its 
consideration on the floor as soon as practicable.
  The bill, along with a detailed section-by-section explanation of the 
bill, can be found on the Law Revision Counsel website at http://
uscode.house.gov/cod. Interested parties are invited to submit comments 
to Ken Paretzky, Senior Counsel, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 
U.S. House of Representatives, H2-304 Ford House Office Building, 
Washington, D.C., 20515-6711, (202) 226-9061, as well as to the 
Committee.

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