[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H5049-H5051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MAKING TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE STATUTORY REFERENCES TO TITLE 2,
UNITED STATES CODE
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 2830) to make technical amendments to update statutory
references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States
Code.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 2830
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TITLE 2, UNITED STATES CODE.
(1) Section 701(c) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978
(2 U.S.C. 288(c)) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
72a(i))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4301(i))''.
(2) Section 716 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2
U.S.C. 288m) is amended by striking ``Act of October 1, 1888
(28 Stat. 546; 2 U.S.C. 68)'' and inserting ``Act of October
2, 1888 (25 Stat. 546; 2 U.S.C. 6503)''.
(3) Section 201(g) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
(2 U.S.C. 601(g)) is amended by striking ``Act of October 1,
1888 (28 Stat. 546; 2 U.S.C. 68)'' and inserting ``Act of
October 2, 1888 (25 Stat. 546; 2 U.S.C. 6503)''.
(4) Section 104(a) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 605(a)) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 111b)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4103)''.
(5) Section 1101(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8, division G, 2
U.S.C. 1824a(a)(2)) is amended as follows:
(A) Subparagraph (A) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
117)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6516)''.
(B) Subparagraph (B) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
117e)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5540)''.
(C) Subparagraph (C) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
121f)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 2026)''.
(6) Section 104(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1965 (Public Law 88-454, 2 U.S.C. 1927 note) is amended
by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4507(b))'' after ``section 106(b) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963''.
(7) Section 9A(a) of the Act of July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C.
1966(a)) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 60-1(b))'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4101(b))''.
(8) Section 2(c) of Public Law 96-444 (2 U.S.C. 2025 note)
is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 60j)'' and inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4507)''.
(9) Section 1(e) of Public Law 110-279 (2 U.S.C. 2051(e))
is amended as follows:
(A) Paragraph (1) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 60q)''
and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4505)''.
(B) Paragraph (2)(A) (matter before clause (i)) is amended
by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 60q(e))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4505(e))''.
(C) Paragraph (2)(A)(i) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4505)'' after ``section 210 of that Act''.
(10) Section 312(e) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(e)) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 95b(a))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
5507(a))''.
(11) Section 316(a) of the Dire Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Disaster Assistance, Food Stamps,
Unemployment Compensation Administration, and Other Urgent
Needs, and Transfers, and Reducing Funds Budgeted for
Military Spending Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)) is amended
by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 102a)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4107)''.
(12) Section 411(c) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of
2008 (2 U.S.C. 2251(c)) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
130e)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 2172)''.
(13) Section 412 of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008
(2 U.S.C. 2252) is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (a)(1) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
130e)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 2172)''; and
(B) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by--
(i) striking ``section 310(b) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e)'' and inserting
``section 310(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 2172(b))''; and
(ii) striking ``section 310(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e)'' and inserting
``section 310(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 2172(a))''.
(14) Section 107(b)(4) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-53, title I, 2
U.S.C. 4131 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
123b(g))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4131(g))''.
(15) Section 105(a) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-53, title I, 2
U.S.C. 4301 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
72a(b))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4301(b))''.
(16) Section 10(a) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 4336(a)) is amended as
follows:
(A) Paragraph (5) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4301(i))'' after ``section 202(i) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946''.
(B) Paragraph (6) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4301(j))'' after ``section 202(j) of such Act''.
(17) Section 146 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014
(Public Law 113-46, 2 U.S.C. 4501 note) is amended by
striking ``section 610(a) of the Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31)'' and inserting ``section 601(a) of
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501)''.
(18) Section 802 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of
2012 (Public Law 112-240, 2 U.S.C. 4501 note) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 31)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4501)''.
(19) Section 1 of Public Law 111-165 (2 U.S.C. 4501 note)
is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 31)'' and inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4501)''.
(20) Section 103 of division J of the Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8, 2 U.S.C. 4501
note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 31(2))'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4501(2))''.
(21) Section 115 of the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 109-289, division B, 2 U.S.C.
4501 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 31)'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4501(2))''.
(22) Section 7(a) of the Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Amendments of 1993 (Public Law 103-6, 2 U.S.C.
4501 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 31(2))'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4501(2))''.
(23) Section 106 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 4507) is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (a)(1)(A) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
74b)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6538)''.
(B) Subsection (b)(2) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4571)'' after ``section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability
Act of 1970''.
(C) Subsection (b)(3)(B) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 6538)'' after ``section 244 of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946''.
(24) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 4508) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4507)'' after ``section 106 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1963''.
(25) Section 107 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4509) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 60j)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4507)''.
(26) Section 107 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 4572) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4571)'' after ``section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability
Act of 1970''.
(27) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575) is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (b) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
60j)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4507)''.
(B) Subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 6314)'' after ``section 506 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1973''.
(C) Subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 6314(b)(2)(A)(iii)'' after ``section 506(b)(2)(A)(iii)
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973''.
(D) Subsection (d)(1)(C)(ii) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 6314)'' after ``section 506 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1973''.
(E) Subsection (d)(1)(C)(iv) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 6314(b)(3))'' after ``section 506(b)(3) of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973''.
(28) Section 10 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-83, 2 U.S.C. 4575 note) is amended
as follows:
(A) Subsection (a) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 61-
1(d)(2))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2))''.
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(B) Subsection (d)(1) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
61-1(d)(1)(A))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(1)(A))''.
(29) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1976 (Public Law 94-59, 2 U.S.C. 4575 note) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(e)(3))'' after ``section
105(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as
amended and modified''.
(B) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(e)(3))'' after ``joint
committee employees, referred to in clause (A) of section
105(e)(3) of such Act'';
(C) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(e)(3))'' after ``two
employees of the minority policy committee referred to in
clause (A) of section 105(e)(3) of such Act'';
(D) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2)(ii)'' after
``section 105(d)((2)(ii) of such Act'';
(E) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(f)'' after ``section
105(f) of such Act'';
(F) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4571)'' after ``section 4 of
the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970''.
(30) Section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1975 (Public Law 93-371, 2 U.S.C. 4575 note) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(e)(3))'' after ``section
105(e)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968,
as amended and modified''.
(B) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2)(ii))'' after
``section 105(d)(2)(ii) of such Act''; and
(C) by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(f))'' after ``section
105(f) of such Act''.
(31) Section 111(a) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriation Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-94, title I, 2 U.S.C.
4575 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 61-1(d))'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(d))''.
(32) Section 111(d) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriation Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-94, title I, 2 U.S.C.
4575 note) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4571)'' after
``section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970''.
(33) Subsection (a) of Public Law 95-4 (2 U.S.C. 4575 note)
is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(e))'' after
``section 105(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1968, as amended and modified''.
(34) Section 114 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 4576) is amended by
striking ``section 105(d)(2) of the Legislative
Appropriations Act of 1968'' and inserting ``section
105(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968
(2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2))''.
(35) Section 102 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 4579) is amended as
follows:
(A) Subsection (c)(2)(B) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
61-1(d)(2), (e), or (f))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4575(d)(2), (e), (f))''.
(B) Subsection (d)(4)(A) is amended by striking ``section
104(c) of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C.
60c-2a(c))'' and inserting ``section 104(c) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C.
6568(c))''.
(C) Subsection (e)(2) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
104a)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4108)''.
(36) Section 1001(c) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74, division G, 2
U.S.C. 4579 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 60c-5)''
and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4579)''.
(37) Section 5(a) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 4581(a)) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4575(d)(1))''.
(38) Section 105 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 4713) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 104b)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
5535)''.
(39) Section 492(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 4902(i)) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
88b)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4903)''.
(40) Section 112 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriation Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-51, title I, 2 U.S.C.
5142 note) is amended by--
(A) inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5142)'' after ``section 2 of
House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March
31, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the
Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1978''; and
(B) inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5103)'' after ``section 473 of
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970''.
(41) Section 109(b) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5162(b)) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 95b(c))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
5507(c))''.
(42) Section 112(c) of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 5303) is
amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 35)'' and inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 5302)''.
(43) The 2d paragraph of Public Resolution No. 1 of the
58th Congress, approved November 12, 1903 (2 U.S.C. 5308) is
amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5307)'' after ``section
forty-seven of the Revised Statutes''.
(44) Section 1 of the Act of August 21, 1935 (2 U.S.C.
5324) is amended by striking ``(U.S.C., Supp. V, title 2,
sec. 92a)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5323)''.
(45) Section 714(d) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978
(2 U.S.C. 5504) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 118)'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5503)''.
(46) Section 102 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-55, 2 U.S.C. 5507
note) is amended by--
(A) striking ``(2 U.S.C. 123b note)'' and inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4131 note)''; and
(B) striking ``(2 U.S.C. 95b(a))'' and inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 5507(a))''.
(47) Section 109(c) of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 5508) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 95b(a))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
5507(a))''.
(48) Section 3(b) of Public Law 111-248 (2 U.S.C. 5521
note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 84-2)'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5521)''.
(49) Section 106(e)(2) of the House of Representatives
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C.
5535(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 104a)'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4108)''.
(50) Section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 5537) is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (c) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
95b(a))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5507(a))''.
(B) Subsection (e) is amended by striking ``section 103 of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005'' and
inserting ``section 102 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5538)''.
(51) Section 102(c) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5538(c)) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 95b(a))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
5507(a))''.
(52) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5545(c)) is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (a)(5) is amended by inserting ``of this
Act'' after ``section 103(a)''.
(B) Subsection (c) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
95b(a)); and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5507(a))''.
(53) Section 106(b) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 5624) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 74d-1 et seq.)'' and inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 5622 et seq.)''.
(54) Section 1(b)(1) of chapter VIII of title I of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 (2 U.S.C. 6136(b)(1))
is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 31a-2)'' and inserting
``(2 U.S.C. 6135)''.
(55) Section 195(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1985 (2 U.S.C. 6157(a)) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
61g-6)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6155)''.
(56) Section 105 of the Second Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 6311) is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (b)(2) is amended by--
(i) striking ``(2 U.S.C. 61-1(d))'' and inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4575(d))''; and
(ii) inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(1)(B))'' after ``section
105(d)(1)(B) of such Act''.
(B) Subsection (c) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 58)''
and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6314(e))''.
(C) Subsection (d)(1) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
6314)'' after ``section 506 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1973''.
(D) Subsection (d)(2) is amended by--
(i) inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6314)'' after ``section 506 of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973'';
(ii) inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6314(c))'' after ``section
506(c) of such Act''; and
(iii) inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6314)'' after ``such section
506''.
(57) Section 506(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1973 (2 U.S.C. 6314(b)) is amended as follows:
(A) Paragraph (2)(A)(ii) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4575(d))'' after ``section 105(d) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968''.
(B) Paragraph (2)(A)(iv) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4575(d))'' after ``section 105(d) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968''.
(C) Paragraph (3)(A)(ii) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4575(d))'' after ``section 105(d) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968''.
(D) Paragraph (3)(A)(iv) is amended by inserting ``(2
U.S.C. 4575(d))'' after ``section 105(d) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968''.
(58) Section 2 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-69, title I, 2
U.S.C. 6314 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
58(b)(3)(A)(iii) and (iv))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
6314(b)(3)(A)(iii), (iv))''.
(59) The 7th paragraph under the heading ``administrative
provisions'' in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1957, at 91 Stat. 664 (2 U.S.C. 6513) is amended by striking
``(2 U.S.C. 58)'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6314)''.
(60) Section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1975 (Public Law 93-371, 2 U.S.C. 6531 note) is amended by
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4571)'' after ``section 4 of the
Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970''.
(61) The paragraph under the heading ``administrative
provision'' in chapter IV of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1972, at 85 Stat. 635 (2 U.S.C. 6533) is amended by
striking ``First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1936 (44 Stat.
162; 2 U.S.C. 64a)'' and inserting ``First Deficiency Act,
fiscal year 1926 (2 U.S.C. 6532)''.
(62) The 3d paragraph under the heading ``administrative
provisions'' in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1973, at 86 Stat. 435 (2 U.S.C. 6566) is amended by inserting
``(2 U.S.C. 4301(i))'' after ``section 202(i) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946''.
(63) The last sentence in the 16th paragraph under the
heading ``senate.'' in section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1887,
at 24 Stat. 596 (2 U.S.C. 6572), is amended by striking
``section 69 of the Revised Statutes of the United States''
and inserting ``section 69 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C.
4104)''.
(64) Section 6 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-163, title I, 2
U.S.C. 6573 note) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 46a-1)''
and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6573)''.
(65) Section 1 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law
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103-283, title I, 2 U.S.C. 6576 note) is amended by striking
``(2 U.S.C. 121d(c))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6576(c))''.
(66) Section 1(a) of Public Law 94-226 (2 U.S.C. 6594 note)
is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4571)'' after ``section 4
of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970''.
(67) Section 1 (matter before paragraph (1)) of Public Law
100-123 (2 U.S.C. 6621) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
6621 et seq.)'' after ``this Act''.
(68) Section 2 of Public Law 100-123 (2 U.S.C. 6622) is
amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (b) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6621
et seq.)'' after ``this Act''.
(B) Subsection (e) is amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6621
et seq.)'' after ``this Act''.
(69) Section 3 of Public Law 100-123 (2 U.S.C. 6623) is
amended by inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6621 et seq.)'' after ``this
Act''.
SEC 2. TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.
(1) Section 1101(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989
(Public Law 101-194, 5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended as
follows:
(A) Subparagraph (A) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
31(2))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4501(2))''.
(B) Subparagraph (B) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
31(2))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4501(2))''.
(C) Subparagraph (C) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
31(2))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 4501(2))''.
(2) Section 704(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989
(Public Law 101-194, 5 U.S.C. 5318 note) is amended by
striking ``(2 U.S.C. 31(2))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C.
4501(2))''.
(3) Section 5581(1)(iv) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``section 36a of title 2'' and inserting
``Chapter I (1st paragraph under the heading `Payment of Sums
Due Deceased Congressional Personnel') of the Second
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951 (2 U.S.C. 4592)''.
SEC 3. TITLE 39, UNITED STATES CODE.
Section 5 of the Congressional Operations Appropriations
Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-283, title I, 39 U.S.C. 3210 note)
is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A)(iii))'' and
inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 6314(b)(3)(A)(iii))''.
SEC 4. TITLE 42, UNITED STATES CODE.
Section 303(f)(1)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13212(f)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C.
57b(a))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 5341(a))''.
SEC 5. TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.
Section 725 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``section 105 of title 2'' and inserting
``provisions of the Acts of October 19, 1888, July 19, 1897,
and June 7, 1924, as set out in 2 U.S.C. 4303''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) and the gentlewoman from California (Ms.
Lofgren) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia.
General Leave
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their
remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 2830, currently under
consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Virginia?
There was no objection.
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring before the House H.R. 2830, a bill
to make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain
provisions classified to title 2 of the United States Code.
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel has an ongoing responsibility
under section 285b of title 2 of the United States Code to maintain the
United States Code and assist the House Judiciary Committee in the
revision and codification of Federal statutes.
In order to maintain and improve the United States Code, the Office
of the Law Revision Counsel must occasionally undertake editorial
reclassification projects to reorganize areas of law that have outgrown
their original boundaries, or to eliminate organizational units that
are no longer efficient. The office assures us that the decision to
transfer provisions in the United States Code is not undertaken
lightly. After careful study, the Law Revision Counsel recently
identified certain organizational deficiencies in the code that needed
to be corrected, and accordingly, undertook the necessary changes.
The purpose of this bill is to update statutory references to laws
classified to title 2 of the United States Code. H.R. 2830 will amend
these citations to accurately reflect the new location of the
corresponding provisions in the U.S. Code in light of the recent
editorial reclassification of title 2. I want to thank Ranking Member
Conyers for sponsoring this bill along with me today.
Title 2 of the U.S. Code includes all of the laws governing Congress
and the legislative branch. The reorganization of title 2 for the
purpose of the online version of the code took place on February 1,
2014.
Because chapters 3 and 4 of title 2 far outgrew their original
boundaries, the Office of Law Revision Counsel reorganized these two
chapters into 11 new chapters in order to set forth more clearly the
provisions related to the House of Representatives and the Senate. No
statutory text was altered by the reorganization; the provisions were
merely transferred from one place in title 2 to another.
As a result of the reclassification, title 2 now better exhibits the
laws governing congressional pay and benefits, ethics, leadership, and
administration, just to name a few.
The short-term inconvenience of adjusting to new code citations is
greatly outweighed by the benefit of much-needed long-term improvements
in the organizational structure in the United States Code. Further, to
eliminate any confusion, the office provides a comprehensive guide to
the old and new code citations on its Web site: uscode.house.gov.
With enactment of this legislation, the citations that refer to code
sections altered by the reorganization will be updated to reflect the
changes made to title 2.
For the foregoing reasons, I urge my colleagues to support this
important bill.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, as the chairman has indicated, this bill makes technical
amendments to title 2 of the U.S. Code in order to update statutory
references and was crafted by the House Office of Law Revision Counsel,
which is charged with developing and keeping current the United States
Code.
This is really an enormous task. On average, Congress passes into law
more than 6,900 pages of new public law each year. As that happens,
some areas of the law get jammed into the code and become difficult to
navigate. So this bill, along with the two that follow, just make it
easier to read. It doesn't make any substantive changes whatsoever, and
I support this legislation.
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member
Conyers for the work they put in to accomplish this fix.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for her
assistance. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) that the House suspend the
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2830.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the
rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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