The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2026
HR 4465 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Derek Schmidt (R)

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.

Updates federal inspector general, advisory committee, and ethics laws to incorporate amendments enacted after October 2021.

Tradeoff

Makes technical corrections to three chapters of federal law without changing their meaning or effect. No fiscal impact or policy tradeoff.

What's in it

See official bill text

No effect on the federal budget over any time window.

This bill is purely technical — it updates cross-references and corrects errors in the law without creating new programs, changing tax rules, or imposing new regulatory requirements; the federal government has no direct cost to implement it.

H.R. 4465, a bill 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 · Feb 2026

Passed the House by on August 31, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jul 16, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on the Judiciary(Jul 16, 2025)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Sep 10, 2025)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Aug 31, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on the Judiciary(Sep 14, 2026)