To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors.

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This bill is a purely technical, housekeeping measure that updates the U.S. Code to reflect previously enacted laws and correct technical errors. It does not grant new powers, restrict rights, or alter the balance of federalism. It is fully consistent with Congress's authority to organize and codify federal law under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause) and Article I, Section 1, which vests all legislative powers in Congress.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has the explicit constitutional authority to enact laws and to codify, amend, and correct the U.S. Code. This bill is an exercise of Congress's legislative power under Article I, Section 1, and its authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its enumerated powers under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. The bill does not expand federal jurisdiction or create …
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The bill does not implicate any of the first ten amendments. It makes no changes to speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. It is purely technical and corrective in nature.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The bill imposes no new restrictions on individual liberty, property, speech, labor, or belief. It does not alter the legal obligations of any person. It merely updates the text of the U.S. Code to reflect existing law, and therefore does not burden individual sovereignty in any way.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This bill does not shift decision-making authority to a higher level of government. It is a federal housekeeping measure that updates federal statutes. It does not preempt state law, consolidate power, or prevent individuals, communities, or states from handling their own affairs. The four-question test is satisfied: individuals, local communities, and states are unaffected in their existing capac…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The bill does not affect due process rights or the Takings Clause. It does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process, nor does it take private property for public use without just compensation. It is a technical correction that does not alter substantive legal rights.

Sources: Congress.gov: HR 4465 summary