Congress fixes mistakes in transportation law writing.
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 fixes small errors in Title 49. Title 49 is the main book of U.S. transportation law. It corrects cross-references and fixes punctuation and grammar. The bill does not change what the law actually says.
Who it affects
People who read and enforce transportation law will find it clearer. No new rules or costs are added.
One thing to notice
This bill only cleans up how the law is written.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
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”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- cross-references — Links in a law that point from one section to another.
- Title 49 — The official book of U.S. laws about transportation.
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 14,206 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 2026-09-17.
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