HR 5210
Passed a chamber
Updates hundreds of outdated citations in the U.S. Code so they point to the current section numbers of federal laws on Congress, national security, elections, and other topics, and fixes a few related errors such as a wrong date in an 1888 Act.
Official title: To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50, United States Code, and title 52, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
08-SEP-2025
Referred
08-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
10-SEP-2025
Passed
31-AUG-2026
Senate
Received
14-SEP-2026
- Division A updates references to congressional and legislative branch laws in Title 2 and related titles.
- Division B updates references to national security and intelligence laws that were moved to new U.S. Code sections.
- Division C updates references to election, voting rights, and campaign finance laws that were moved to Title 52.
- Corrects some related technical errors, including a changed date for an 1888 Act and a wrong section reference in another law.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (08-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 31-AUG-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Congress
No cosponsors.