Answer:This is something you’ll see in the Last Action line for a bill’s status. We don’t write that summary at GovTrack: it’s what Congress reports itself over at the website. But they don’t explain it there either. Since the question was general, beyond the bill where the question was posted, I collected the answers other visitors provided and also asked my expert friends, and here’s what I found out.
<span>The United States wasn't a country in 1609. Maybe it has to do with the suppressed colonies vs. a new, unified country with a stable government.</span>
