# Plain Language Summary: H. RES. 492

This is a technical housekeeping resolution that fixes mistakes in a major bill called H.R. 1. Think of it like correcting typos and formatting errors in an important document after it's already been finalized. The House Clerk is being directed to make 20 specific corrections to how H.R. 1 was officially written down and recorded.

Most of these corrections are minor cleanup work—removing accidental duplicate section labels, deleting paragraph numbers that shouldn't be there, and striking out phrases that were included by mistake. For example, several corrections remove the phrase "or any successor regulation" or "or a successor regulation" that appears in sections dealing with Medicare and Medicaid drug pricing rules. These appear to be unintended additions that need to be removed so the law says what Congress actually intended.

A few corrections are more substantive. One removes language about "intelligence" from certain sections, another eliminates an entire section about bioenergy programs, and another strikes a section entirely. There's also a correction to rules about oil and gas leases on federal land, clarifying that lease terms must follow existing land use plans but shouldn't impose extra requirements beyond what those plans already require.

For most Americans, these corrections won't have any noticeable impact on their daily lives. They're primarily important for making sure the law is written correctly and that government agencies implementing H.R. 1 follow the actual rules Congress intended, not versions with accidental errors or duplicated language.

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the engrossment of H.R. 1.

Arrington, Jodey C.

<p>This resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make several corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act).&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the corrections strike provisions from the bill that&nbsp;</p><ul><li>make a conforming amendment to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act;</li><li>reauthorize,&nbsp;and extend funding for, the Department of Agriculture's biobased markets program (i.e., BioPreferred Program) through FY2031;</li><li>provide funding to the Department of Defense (DOD) for various intelligence-related activities and equipment, including enhancements to military intelligence programs;</li><li>provide funding to DOD for exportable low-cost cruise missiles;</li><li>provide funding for DOD to convert Ohio-class submarine tubes to accept additional missiles;</li><li>specify that revisions to a land use plan may not prevent or delay the Department of the Interior from leasing certain federal land for oil and natural gas development;&nbsp;</li><li>nullify the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN that was published on January 31, 2023;</li><li>reinstate certain&nbsp;hardrock mineral leases in the Superior National Forest in Minnesota;&nbsp;</li><li>increase the penalty for aiding and abetting the understatement of tax liability with respect to the employee retention tax credit (ERTC) by a COVID-ERTC promoter and make other changes related to the&nbsp;ERTC; and</li><li>specify that provisions in the bill&nbsp;regarding certain Department of Health and Human Services regulations also apply to successor regulations.</li></ul>