Sponsor
Jared Moskowitz
Representative · D-FL
Representative · D-FL
The bill mostly clarifies and modernizes statutory references and program authorities—making administration more consistent and improving research and service program administration—at the cost of added administrative burdens, short‑term legal uncertainty, and the risk that tighter or reworded provisions could reduce eligibility or benefits for some students, rural communities, and small institutions.
Federal, Compact, state, and local officials (and the programs they run) gain clearer statutory authority and reduced legal ambiguity, making administration and enforcement more consistent across multiple programs.
Agricultural research programs — including 1890 land‑grant colleges, universities, and individual researchers — get clearer or updated authorities and grant terms plus improved grant administration and auditing rules, which can increase access to federal research funding and improve oversight of research dollars.
Students, higher‑education institutions, and state service commissions receive clearer eligibility rules and nomination/application procedures for national service and Federal work‑study coordination, which can streamline participation and improve program effectiveness.
Federal agencies, universities, colleges, hospitals, nonprofits, and other program operators will face additional administrative costs and compliance burdens to interpret new statutory language, update systems and guidance, and implement changes.
Tighter or reworded eligibility, matching, or benefit provisions could reduce real funding or eligibility for some participants — including small research teams, 1890 colleges, rural communities, farmers, and some national service participants — lowering take‑home support or program access.
Unspecified changes to tax treatment of certain scholarships and awards could produce unexpected tax liabilities (or benefits) for students and create compliance uncertainty for institutions, with no clear effective date to guide planning.
Based on analysis of 10 sections of legislative text.
Performs multiple strike-and-insert edits and citation updates across many U.S. Code provisions, fixing references and altering statutory text in agriculture, land law, education, tax, bankruptcy, and national service statutes.
Official title: To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 7, title 20, and title 43, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Introduced September 8, 2025 by Jared Moskowitz · Last progress September 8, 2025
Makes a range of amendments across many federal statutes by updating citations, replacing text, and revising language in multiple U.S. Code titles. The bill is largely a package of targeted strike-and-insert edits that fix citations, change cross‑references, and in some places alter statutory phrases that govern agriculture programs, land and natural resources law, higher education, bankruptcy, tax code exceptions, national service provisions, and Compact of Free Association language.