IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6080 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 
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 Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, 
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. 
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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 50 Appendix, United States Code. 
Sec. 40.
Title 51, 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) Section 117 of Public Law 97–51 (2 U.S.C. 61f–8) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 5’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101’’. 
(2) Section 195(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 61g–7(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 5 of title 41’’ and sub-
stituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code,’’. 
(3) Section 202(i)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 72a(i)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Stat-
utes (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code,’’. 
(4) Section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), 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’’. 
(5) 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. 
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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’’. 
(6) 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-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended’’ and 
substituting ‘‘chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code’’. 
(7) 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’’. 
(8) 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’’. 
(9) 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,’’. 
(10) 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,’’. 
(11) Public Law 96–558 (2 U.S.C. 1816b) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)’’ and 
substituting ‘‘section 6101 of title 41, United States Code’’. 
(12) 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,’’. 
(13) 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’’. 
(14) 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’’. 
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