To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.

IIB 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3239 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 24, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:38 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3239.RFS H3239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 3239 RFS SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 2 Sec. 1. Table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose. Sec. 3. Title 2, United States Code. Sec. 4. Title 5, United States Code. Sec. 5. Title 6, United States Code. Sec. 6. Title 7, United States Code. Sec. 7. Title 8, United States Code. Sec. 8. Title 10, United States Code. Sec. 9. Title 12, United States Code. Sec. 10. Title 14, United States Code. Sec. 11. Title 15, United States Code. Sec. 12. Title 16, United States Code. Sec. 13. Title 18, United States Code. Sec. 14. Title 19, United States Code. Sec. 15. Title 20, United States Code. Sec. 16. Title 21, United States Code. Sec. 17. Title 22, United States Code. Sec. 18. Title 23, United States Code. Sec. 19. Title 24, United States Code. Sec. 20. Title 25, United States Code. Sec. 21. Title 26, United States Code. Sec. 22. Title 28, United States Code. Sec. 23. Title 29, United States Code. Sec. 24. Title 30, United States Code. Sec. 25. Title 31, United States Code. Sec. 26. Title 33, United States Code. Sec. 27. Title 35, United States Code. Sec. 28. Title 38, United States Code. Sec. 29. Title 40, United States Code. Sec. 30. Title 41, United States Code. Sec. 31. Title 42, United States Code. Sec. 32. Title 43, United States Code. Sec. 33. Title 44, United States Code. Sec. 34. Title 45, United States Code. Sec. 35. Title 46, United States Code. Sec. 36. Title 48, United States Code. Sec. 37. Title 49, United States Code. Sec. 38. Title 50, United States Code. Sec. 39. Title 51, United States Code. Sec. 40. Title 52, United States Code. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 3 The purpose of this Act is to make improvements in the enactment of 4 title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the 5 Code. 6 SEC. 3. TITLE 2, UNITED STATES CODE. 7 (1) The paragraph under the heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION, THIS 8 CHAPTER’’ in chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consoli- 9 dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 10 141a) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the 11 United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, 12 United States Code’’. 13 (2) Section 114 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 14 (Public Law 104–53, 2 U.S.C. 471 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the Fed- 15 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:38 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6221 E:\BILLS\H3239.RFS H3239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 3239 RFS eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended’’ and 1 substituting ‘‘chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code’’. 2 (3) Section 6(a) of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 3 475(a)) is amended— 4 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Stat- 5 utes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United 6 States Code’’; and 7 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 3648 of the Revised Stat- 8 utes (31 U.S.C. 529)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 3324(a) and (b) of 9 title 31, United States Code’’. 10 (4) Section 119(a)(6) of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 11 Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1108(a)(6)) is amended by strik- 12 ing ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting 13 ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 14 (5) Section 3011(b)(4)(B) of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appro- 15 priations Act (Public Law 106–31, 2 U.S.C. 1151 note) is amended by 16 striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes’’ and substituting ‘‘section 17 6101 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 18 (6) Section 1308(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 19 (2 U.S.C. 1816a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 303M of the Federal 20 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253m)’’ and 21 substituting ‘‘section 3309 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 22 (7) Public Law 96–558 (2 U.S.C. 1816b) is amended by striking ‘‘section 23 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and sub- 24 stituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 25 (8) Section 1201(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 26 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the 27 Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘sec- 28 tion 6101 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 29 (9) Section 308(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 30 (2 U.S.C. 1964(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised 31 Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 32 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 33 (10) Section 1(d) of Public Law 102–330 (2 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amend- 34 ed by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States’’ 35 and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 36 (11) Section 307E(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 37 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the 38 Revised Statutes’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States 39 Code’’. 40 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:38 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6221 E:\BILLS\H3239.RFS H3239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 3239 RFS (12) Section 202(i)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 1 U.S.C. 4301(i)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised 2 Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United 3 States Code,’’. 4 (13) Section 195(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 5 U.S.C. 6157(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 5 of title 41’’ and sub- 6 stituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 7 (14) Section 117(1) of Public Law 97–51 (2 U.S.C. 6599(1)) is amended 8 by striking ‘‘section 5’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 9 SEC. 4. TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 10 (1) Section 3(d)(2)(B) of the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act 11 (Public Law 101–552, 5 U.S.C. 571 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 12 6(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(a))’’ 13 and substituting ‘‘section 1121(b) of title 41, United States Code’’. 14 (2) Section 595(c)(10) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 15 striking ‘‘title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 16 of 1949, as amended (41 U.S.C. 251–260)’’ and substituting ‘‘the provi- 17 sions referred to in section 171(c) of title 41’’. 18 (3) Section 206 of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimina- 19 tion and Retaliation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–174, 5 U.S.C. 2301 20 note) is amended— 21 (A) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘section 13 of the Contract 22 Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 7108 23 of title 41, United States Code,’’; and 24 (B) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘the Contracts Dispute Act 25 of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 note; Public Law 95–563)’’ and substituting 26 ‘‘chapter 71 of title 41, United States Code’’. 27 (4) Section 3109(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 28 striking ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 29 (5) Section 1110(e)(2)(G) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 30 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84, 5 U.S.C. 3702 note) is amended by 31 striking ‘‘section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act’’ and 32 substituting ‘‘chapter 21 of title 41, United States Code’’. 33 (6) Section 4105 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 34 ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 35 (7) Section 4(b) of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (Public Law 36 111–292, 124 Stat. 3173, 5 U.S.C. 6501 note) is amended by striking ‘‘sec- 37 tion 303 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 38 (41 U.S.C. 253)’’ and substituting ‘‘sections 3105, 3301, and 3303 to 3305 39 of title 41, United States Code’’. 40 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:38 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6221 E:\BILLS\H3239.RFS H3239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 HR 3239 RFS (8) Section 7342(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 1 striking ‘‘of subtitle I of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 2 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I’’ and substituting ‘‘re- 3 ferred to in section 171(b) and (c)’’. 4 (9) Section 8709(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 5 ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 6 (10) Section 8714a(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik- 7 ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 8 (11) Section 8714b(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik- 9 ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 10 (12) Section 8714c(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik- 11 ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 12 (13) Section 8902(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik- 13 ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 14 (14) Section 8953 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 15 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and 16 substituting ‘‘section 6101’’; and 17 (B) in subsection (d)(3)— 18 (i) before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Contract Disputes 19 Act of 1978’’ and substituting ‘‘chapter 71 of title 41’’; 20 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(after appropriate ar- 21 rangements, as described in section 8(c) of such Act)’’; and 22 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 10(a)(1) of such 23 Act’’ and substituting ‘‘section 7104(b)(1) of title 41’’. 24 (15) Section 8983 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 25 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and 26 substituting ‘‘section 6101’’; and 27 (B) in subsection (d)(3)— 28 (i) before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Contract Disputes 29 Act of 1978’’ and substituting ‘‘chapter 71 of title 41’’; 30 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(after appropriate ar- 31 rangements, as described in section 8(c) of such Act)’’; and 32 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 10(a)(1) of such 33 Act’’ and substituting ‘‘section 7104(b)(1) of title 41’’. 34 (16) Section 9003(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik- 35 ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 36 SEC. 5. TITLE 6, UNITED STATES CODE. 37 (1) Section 309(b)(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 38 189(b)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 303(b)(1)(C) of the Federal 39 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 40 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:38 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6221 E:\BILLS\H3239.RFS H3239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 HR 3239 RFS 253(b)(1)(C))’’ and substituting ‘‘section 3303(a)(1)(C) of title 41, United 1 States Code,’’. 2 (2) Section 833 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 393) 3 is amended— 4 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 32 of the Office of Fed- 5 eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428) the amount specified in 6 subsections (c), (d), and (f) of such section 32’’ and substituting ‘‘sec- 7 tion 1902 of title 41, United States Code, the amount specified in sub- 8 sections (a), (d), and (e) of such section 1902’’; 9 (B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘section 32(c) of the Office 10 of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428(c))’’ and sub- 11 stituting ‘‘section 1902(d) of title 41, United States Code’’; 12 (C) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘section 4(11) of the Office of 13 Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11))’’ and substituting 14 ‘‘section 134 of title 41, United States Code,’’; and 15 (D) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘section 31(a)(2) of the Office 16 of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 427(a)(2)) and section 17 303(g)(1)(B) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 18 of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(g)(1)(B))’’ and substituting ‘‘sections 19 1901(a)(2) and 3305(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code,’’. 20 (3) Section 851 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 421) 21 is amended by striking ‘‘section 4(1) of the Office of Federal Procurement 22 Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(1))’’ and substituting ‘‘section 133 of title 41, 23 United States Code’’. 24 (4) Section 853(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 25 423(b)) is amended— 26 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Section 4(11) of the Office of 27 Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11))’’ and substituting 28 ‘‘Section 134 of title 41, United States Code’’; and 29 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Section 309(d) of the Federal 30 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 259(d))’’ 31 and substituting ‘‘Section 153 of title 41, United States Code’’. 32 (5) Section 854 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 424) 33 is amended— 34 (A) by striking ‘‘section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement 35 Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 1902 of title 41, 36 United States Code,’’; and 37 (B) by striking ‘‘subsections (c), (d), and (f) of such section 32’’ and 38 substituting ‘‘subsections (a), (d), and (e) of such section 1902’’. 39 (6) Section 855 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 425) 40 is amended— 41 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:38 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6221 E:\BILLS\H3239.RFS H3239 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 HR 3239 RFS (A) in subsection (a)(2)— 1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Sections 31 and 34 of the 2 Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 427, 430)’’ 3 and substituting ‘‘Sections 1901 and 1906 of title 41, United 4 States Code’’; and 5 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Section 303(g) of the 6 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 7 U.S.C. 253(g))’’ and substituting ‘‘Section 3305 of title 41, 8 United States Code’’; and 9 (B) in subsection (b)(1)— 10 (i) by striking ‘‘section 31(a)(2) of the Office of Federal Pro- 11 curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C [Text truncated for display. 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