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The bill makes narrow clerical and definitional corrections to Title 14 that improve legal clarity and code navigation, at the cost of potential short-term citation confusion for practitioners.
Federal agencies, courts, and Coast Guard officials gain a clear statutory definition of the 'Secretary of the Coast Guard,' reducing legal ambiguity when applying or interpreting Title 14.
Lawyers, Coast Guard personnel, law enforcement, and the public will find the U.S. Code easier to navigate because the bill updates the table of contents and section numbering.
Legal professionals and others who cite or rely on statutory citations may face short-term confusion or miscitation while documents and systems are updated to reflect the clerical changes.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a statutory definition of "Secretary of the Coast Guard," renumbers sections in title 14, inserts placeholder text, and updates the title's table of contents.
Introduced April 1, 2025 by Mike Ezell · Last progress April 1, 2025
Makes technical changes to the U.S. Code to create a statutory definition of the Secretary of the Coast Guard and to adjust the numbering and table-of-contents entries in title 14. It also sets a short title for the Act. The changes are clerical and intended to clarify statutory text and internal organization of title 14.