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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7341 

To make technical amendments to title 49, United States Code, as necessary 

to improve the Code. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 

Mr. TIFFANY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To make technical amendments to title 49, United States 

Code, as necessary to improve the Code. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purpose. 

Sec. 3. Technical amendments to chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code. 

Sec. 4. Other technical amendments. 

5 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

6 The purpose of this Act is to make technical amend7 ments to title 49, United States Code, as necessary to im8 prove the Code. 


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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 224 OF 

2 TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 22401 of title 49, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) 

7 The term’’ and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

10 (i) by redesginating clauses (i), (ii), 

11 and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III); 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘(B) The cost’’ and in13 serting the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) DIRECT LOAN.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The cost’’; and 

16 (iii) by striking ‘‘Calculation of the 

17 cost of a direct loan’’ and inserting: 

18 ‘‘(ii) INCLUSION.—Calculation of the 

19 cost of a direct loan’’; 

20 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

21 (i) by redesignating clauses (i) and 

22 (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II); 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘(C) The cost’’ and in24 serting the following: 

25 ‘‘(C) LOAN GUARANTEE.— 

26 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The cost’’; and 


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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘Calculation of the 

2 cost of a loan guarantee’’ and inserting the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘(ii) INCLUSION.—Calculation of the 

5 cost of a loan guarantee’’; 

6 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘(D) 

7 The cost’’ and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(D) MODIFICATION.—The cost’’; 

9 (E) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘(E) 

10 In estimating’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(E) NET PRESENT VALUES.—In esti12 mating’’; and 

13 (F) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘(F) 

14 When funds’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(F) BASIS OF ESTIMATED COST.—When 

16 funds’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(2 U.S.C. 

18 900(c)(9))’’ after ‘‘Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985’’; and 

20 (3) in paragraph (12)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘of 

22 this title’’ after ‘‘section 20102’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘of 

24 this title’’ after ‘‘section 24102’’. 


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1 (b) DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.—Sec2 tion 22402 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘govern4 ment sponsored’’ and inserting ‘‘government-spon5 sored’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘of this 

7 title’’ after ‘‘section 20157(i)’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (f)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(2 

10 U.S.C. 661c(b)(1))’’ after ‘‘section 504(b)(1) of 

11 the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

13 (i) in the matter before subparagraph 

14 (A)— 

15 (I) by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ 

16 after ‘‘section 22406(a)(2)’’; 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘(Public Law 

18 114–94)’’ and inserting ‘‘(Public Law 

19 114–94, 129 Stat. 1312)’’; and 

20 (III) by striking ‘‘(Public Law 

21 94–210)’’ and inserting ‘‘(Public Law 

22 94–210, 90 Stat. 31)’’; and 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

24 ‘‘(Public Law 117–58, div. B, 135 Stat. 


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1 652)’’ after ‘‘Surface Transportation In2 vestment Act of 2021’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘(Public 

4 Law 117–58, div. B, 135 Stat. 652)’’ after 

5 ‘‘Surface Transportation Investment Act of 

6 2021’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (g)(1)(C)(ii)(II), by striking 

8 the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

9 (5) in subsection (h)(3)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after 

12 ‘‘section 24312’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after 

14 ‘‘section 24308(a)’’; and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘of 

16 this title’’ after ‘‘section 22404’’; and 

17 (6) in subsection (i)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the 

19 heading ‘‘ACTIONS BY THE OFFICE OF MAN20 AGEMENT AND BUDGET’’ and inserting the 

21 heading ‘‘ACTIONS BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGE22 MENT AND BUDGET’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (4)(A)— 

24 (i) by inserting ‘‘(Public Law 117–58, 

25 div. B, 135 Stat. 652)’’ after ‘‘Surface 


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1 Transportation Investment Act of 2021’’; 

2 and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘an streamlined’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘a streamlined’’; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (6)(A)— 

6 (i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘refi7 nancing an’’ and inserting ‘‘refinancing of 

8 an’’; and 

9 (ii) in clause (ix), by inserting ‘‘of this 

10 title’’ after ‘‘section 5323(j)’’. 

11 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN

12 GUARANTEES.—Section 22403 of title 49, United States 

13 Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘of this 

15 title’’ after ‘‘section 22402’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ 

17 after ‘‘section 22402’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ 

19 after ‘‘section 22402’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting ‘‘of this 

21 title’’ after ‘‘section 22402(f)’’; 

22 (5) in subsection (g), in the matter before para23 graph (1), by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘section 

24 22402’’; 


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1 (6) in subsection (h)(1), by inserting ‘‘of this 

2 title’’ after ‘‘section 22402’’; 

3 (7) in subsection (i)— 

4 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 

5 inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘section 22402’’ 

6 each place it appears; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of this 

8 section’’; and 

9 (8) in subsection (m), by inserting ‘‘of this 

10 title’’ after ‘‘section 22402’’. 

11 (d) SUBSTANTIVE CRITERIA AND STANDARDS.—Sec12 tion 22405(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

13 by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘section 22402’’. 

14 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

15 22406 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in the section heading, by striking the pe17 riod at the end; 

18 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘of this 

19 title’’ after ‘‘section 22402(f)(5)’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘of this 

21 title’’ after ‘‘section 22403(l)(1)’’. 

22 SEC. 4. OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

23 (a) NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND IN24 NOVATIVE FINANCE BUREAU.—Section 116(d)(1)(B) of 


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1 title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘of 

2 this title’’ after ‘‘sections 22401 through 22403’’. 

3 (b) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT ACT

4 OF 2021.—Section 21303(1) of the Surface Transpor5 tation Investment Act of 2021 (49 U.S.C. 22402 note) 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘section 22402(b)(1)(E) of title 

7 49’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22402(b)(1)(F) of title 49’’. 

8 (c) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Section 22905(c)(2)(B) of 

9 title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘of 

10 this title’’ after ‘‘section 22404’’. 

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