Yesterday, the House took up HR 5147, the revision of Title 51, United States Code, National and Commercial Space Programs, under the suspension of the rules process. After 21 minutes of debate, the bill was passed by a voice vote. The bill revises 51 USC to keep the Title current and make technical corrections to improve the USC.
Subsection 2(b) explains the scope of the changes being made:
“The restatement of existing law enacted by this Act does not change the meaning or effect of the existing law. The restatement incorporates in title 51, United States Code, various provisions that were enacted separately over a period of years, reorganizing them, conforming style and terminology, modernizing obsolete language, and correcting drafting errors. These changes serve to remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other imperfections, but they do not change the meaning or effect of the existing law or impair the precedential value of earlier judicial decisions or other interpretations.”
The bill will most likely be handled similarly in the Senate, where it would be considered under the unanimous consent process. However, a similar bill, HR 7339, was introduced and similarly passed in the House in December of 2024, but no action was taken in the Senate.
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