HR 4499
Passed a chamber
Updates hundreds of cross-references across the U.S. Code so that citations to Justice Department crime, victim, and public safety programs point to their new locations in Title 34, and corrects a few related typos.
Official title: To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
17-JUL-2025
Referred
17-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
10-SEP-2025
Passed
31-AUG-2026
Senate
Received
14-SEP-2026
- Replaces older citations to Title 42 provisions with their new Title 34 section numbers in laws across many titles of the U.S. Code.
- Changes the citation in Section 1 of the Fallen Heroes Flag Act and in provisions of the Homeland Security, immigration, tax, and workforce laws to match the reclassification.
- Fixes several technical errors, such as a misnumbered paragraph in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and a misspelled phrase in the Violence Against Women Act references.
- Makes no changes to program funding, eligibility, or requirements, according to the text's technical purpose.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (17-JUL-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 31-AUG-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Crime and Law Enforcement
No cosponsors.