Congress cleans up transportation law's internal cross-references
H.R. 4523 — To make technical amendments to title 49, United States Code, as necessary to improve the Code. · Filed by Robert Onder (R-MO) · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill makes purely technical corrections to Chapter 224 of Title 49 (transportation law), fixing cross-references, standardizing heading formats, correcting punctuation and grammar, and clarifying which sections of the law are being cited. It does not change any substantive transportation policy, funding, or regulatory authority—only the internal structure and clarity of the existing statute.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a pure technical-amendments measure—no policy change, no new authority, no funding shifts. It corrects cross-references, standardizes formatting, and fixes grammar in existing transportation law sections.
Who it affects
Technical amendments that improve statutory clarity and internal consistency have a modest positive civic effect by reducing ambiguity in how transportation law is applied and enforced. No substantive restrictions on citizens' rights or new costs are imposed.
Named in the bill
Title 49 United States Code, Chapter 224 (Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees), Section 22401 (Definitions), Section 22402 (Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees), Section 22403 (Administration), Section 22405 (Substantive Criteria), Section 22406 (Authorization of Appropriations), Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021, National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau
Where it stands
- Jul 17, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 17, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
- Sep 10, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Sep 10, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
- Aug 31, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote”
- Aug 31, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Onder moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,576 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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