To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50, United States Code, and title 52, United States Code, 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 amendments to various titles of the U.S. Code to reflect reclassification of provisions of Title 2 (The Congress), Title 50 (War And National Defense), and Title 52 (Voting And Elections). (Reclassification is the transfer of provisions from one place in the code to another.)
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 H5295-5304)
- Aug 31, 2026Mr. Schmidt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Aug 31, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5210.
- Aug 31, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5295-5303)
- 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 H5295–H5304Text printed H5295–H5303 | 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. 5210, a bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50, United States Code, and title 52, United States Code, 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 technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50, United States Code, and title 52, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
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.
