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Bill in, law out

Five real federal laws. For each one, guess: did the text that was signed match the text that was introduced, or did it change on the way?

Across all 717 laws in the pool, 385 were signed as introduced and 332 changed.

#1 · November 1, 2026 · Round 1 of 5

H.R. 3019 · Public Law 118-71 · Signed July 25, 2024
Federal Prison Oversight Act
Introduced with 2 sections.
Was this text changed before it became law?

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Laws are picked by a fixed rule, not by hand: the five with the smallest sha256 of “date:bill id”, from 717 public laws of the 117th–119th Congresses that have an introduced text. “Changed” means at least one section was added, removed or reworded between the introduced and enrolled texts on GovInfo, as of November 1, 2026. A change is a normal part of lawmaking, not a finding about the law.