117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3239 
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-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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. 
The purpose of this Act is to make improvements in the enactment of 
title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the 
Code. 
SEC. 3. TITLE 2, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(1) The paragraph under the heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION, THIS 
CHAPTER’’ in chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consoli-
dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 
141a) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, 
United States Code’’. 
(2) Section 114 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 
(Public Law 104–53, 2 U.S.C. 471 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the Fed-
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eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended’’ and 
substituting ‘‘chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code’’. 
(3) Section 6(a) of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 
475(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Stat-
utes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 3648 of the Revised Stat-
utes (31 U.S.C. 529)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 3324(a) and (b) of 
title 31, United States Code’’. 
(4) Section 119(a)(6) of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1108(a)(6)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting 
‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(5) Section 3011(b)(4)(B) of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act (Public Law 106–31, 2 U.S.C. 1151 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes’’ and substituting ‘‘section 
6101 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 
(6) Section 1308(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 
(2 U.S.C. 1816a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 303M of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253m)’’ and 
substituting ‘‘section 3309 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 
(7) Public Law 96–558 (2 U.S.C. 1816b) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and sub-
stituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(8) Section 1201(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2003 (2 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the 
Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘sec-
tion 6101 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 
(9) Section 308(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 
(2 U.S.C. 1964(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 
6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(10) Section 1(d) of Public Law 102–330 (2 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States’’ 
and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(11) Section 307E(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the 
Revised Statutes’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States 
Code’’. 
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(12) Section 202(i)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 4301(i)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised 
Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code,’’. 
(13) Section 195(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 6157(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 5 of title 41’’ and sub-
stituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 
(14) Section 117(1) of Public Law 97–51 (2 U.S.C. 6599(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 5’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
SEC. 4. TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(1) Section 3(d)(2)(B) of the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act 
(Public Law 101–552, 5 U.S.C. 571 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
6(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(a))’’ 
and substituting ‘‘section 1121(b) of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(2) Section 595(c)(10) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949, as amended (41 U.S.C. 251–260)’’ and substituting ‘‘the provi-
sions referred to in section 171(c) of title 41’’. 
(3) Section 206 of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimina-
tion and Retaliation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–174, 5 U.S.C. 2301 
note) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘section 13 of the Contract 
Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 7108 
of title 41, United States Code,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘the Contracts Dispute Act 
of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 note; Public Law 95–563)’’ and substituting 
‘‘chapter 71 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(4) Section 3109(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(5) Section 1110(e)(2)(G) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84, 5 U.S.C. 3702 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act’’ and 
substituting ‘‘chapter 21 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(6) Section 4105 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(7) Section 4(b) of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111–292, 124 Stat. 3173, 5 U.S.C. 6501 note) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 303 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
(41 U.S.C. 253)’’ and substituting ‘‘sections 3105, 3301, and 3303 to 3305 
of title 41, United States Code’’. 
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(8) Section 7342(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘of subtitle I of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 
3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I’’ and substituting ‘‘re-
ferred to in section 171(b) and (c)’’. 
(9) Section 8709(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(10) Section 8714a(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(11) Section 8714b(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(12) Section 8714c(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(13) Section 8902(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(14) Section 8953 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and 
substituting ‘‘section 6101’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(i) before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Contract Disputes 
Act of 1978’’ and substituting ‘‘chapter 71 of title 41’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(after appropriate ar-
rangements, as described in section 8(c) of such Act)’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 10(a)(1) of such 
Act’’ and substituting ‘‘section 7104(b)(1) of title 41’’. 
(15) Section 8983 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and 
substituting ‘‘section 6101’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(i) before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Contract Disputes 
Act of 1978’’ and substituting ‘‘chapter 71 of title 41’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(after appropriate ar-
rangements, as described in section 8(c) of such Act)’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 10(a)(1) of such 
Act’’ and substituting ‘‘section 7104(b)(1) of title 41’’. 
(16) Section 9003(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 6101(b) to (d)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
SEC. 5. TITLE 6, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(1) Section 309(b)(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
189(b)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 303(b)(1)(C) of the Federal 
Property 
and 
Administrative 
Services 
Act 
of 
1949 
(41 
U.S.C. 
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