To make improvements in the enactment of title 54, United States Code, into a positive law title and to correct related technical errors.
Latest action · Sep 14, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Passed HouseAug 31, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill makes technical corrections and other modifications to Title 54 of the U.S. Code and related laws. (Title 54 addresses the National Park Service.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 8, 2025Markup Sep 10, 2025 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 14, 2026 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Aug 31, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5335-5338)
- Aug 31, 2026Mr. Schmidt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Aug 31, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5182.
- Aug 31, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5335-5338)
- Aug 31, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 10, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 10, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 8, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5335–H5338Text printed H5335–H5338 | Derek Schmidt R-KS, Jamie Raskin D-MD | Aug 31, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 3, 2026H.R. 5182, a bill to make improvements in the enactment of title 54, United States Code, into a positive law title and to correct related technical errorsAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 146, September 8, 2025, page H3893.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make improvements in the enactment of title 54, United States Code, into a positive law title and to correct related technical errors.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- Crime prevention
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Housing and community development funding
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sports and recreation facilities
- U.S. history
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2026Referred in Senate
- Aug 31, 2026Engrossed in House
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
