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Judiciary Committee clears nine technical codification bills updating U.S. Code
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Summary
A package of nine noncontroversial bills prepared by the Office of Law Revision Counsel to update and correct the U.S. Code was approved unanimously and ordered reported; the bills make editorial and cross-reference corrections and do not change substantive law.
The Judiciary Committee considered and advanced a package of nine technical codification bills submitted by the Office of Law Revision Counsel (OLRC). Committee members described the bills as noncontroversial editorial and codification corrections to the United States Code that update statutory cross-references, remove obsolete provisions and incorporate enacted laws to keep the code accurate.
Chair and ranking member statements emphasized the bipartisan nature of these bills and the OLRC's role in maintaining an authoritative U.S. Code. The committee adopted a minor technical amendment to one bill that the OLRC requested after initial submission and voted to report the package favorably to the House. Committee members noted the bills do not change legal effect but improve accessibility and reduce ambiguities in code citations.
Ending: The committee forwarded the nine OLRC bills to the House for routine consideration; staff was authorized to make technical and conforming changes in the committee report.
