[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E904-E905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       LEGISLATION TO CODIFY TITLE 53, U.S. CODE--SMALL BUSINESS

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2009

  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, Ranking Member Lamar Smith and I are 
introducing a bill to codify into positive law as title 53, United 
States Code, certain general and permanent laws related to small 
business. This bill was prepared by the Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel, as part of its ongoing responsibility under 2 U.S.C. Sec. 285b 
to prepare, and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary one title at a 
time, a complete compilation, restatement, and revision of the general 
and permanent laws of the United States.
  The bill restates the Small Business Act and the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, along with related provisions in other Acts, as 
a new positive law title of the United States Code. The new positive 
law title replaces the existing provisions, which are repealed by the 
bill.
  This bill is not intended to make any substantive changes in the law. 
As is typical with the codification process, a number of nonsubstantive 
revisions are made, including the reorganization of sections into a 
more coherent

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overall structure, but these changes are not intended to have any 
substantive effect.
  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 Tim Trushel, Assistant Counsel, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 
U.S. House of Representatives, H2-304 Ford House Office Building, 
Washington, D.C., 20515-6711, (202) 226-2411, as well as to the 
Committee.

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