H.R. 6517

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6517 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6517

To modify the appointment process for the Librarian of Congress, the 
Comptroller General, and the Director of the Government Publishing 
Office, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 9, 2025

Mr. Case (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To modify the appointment process for the Librarian of Congress, the 
Comptroller General, and the Director of the Government Publishing 
Office, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.

(a) Appointment.--The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed by 
the adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution. The concurrent 
resolution shall provide for the appointment of the individual selected 
by the commission established under subsection (b).
(b) Commission.--There is established a commission for the purposes 
of recommending an individual to be appointed as Librarian of Congress 
under subsection (a). The commission established under this subsection 
shall consist of the following:
(1) The Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
Representatives.
(2) The majority and minority leaders of the Senate.
(3) One Republican and Democrat Member each from the Joint 
Committee of Congress on the Library.
(c) Term of Service.--The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed 
for a term of 10 years.
(d) Removal.--The Librarian of Congress may be removed from office 
at any time upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 
duly chosen or sworn in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
(e) Conforming Amendment.--The Librarian of Congress Succession 
Modernization Act of 2015 (2 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) is repealed.

SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

(a) In General.--Section 703 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (f) as 
subsections (b) through (g), respectively;
(2) by inserting before subsection (b), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1), the following:
``(a) The Comptroller General shall be appointed by the adoption by 
Congress of a concurrent resolution. The concurrent resolution shall 
provide for the appointment of the individual selected by the 
commission established under subsection (b)(2).'';
(3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Comptroller 
General and Deputy Comptroller General are'' and 
inserting ``Deputy Comptroller General is'';
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter before 
subparagraph (A), by striking ``the President'' and 
inserting ``the Congress or the President, 
respectively,''; and
(C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
``(3) A commission established because of a vacancy in the 
office of the Comptroller General shall recommend one 
individual. The Congress may ask the commission to recommend 
additional individuals.''; and
(4) in subsection (f)(1)(B), as so redesignated, by 
striking ``joint resolution of Congress'' and inserting ``with 
respect to the Comptroller General, by concurrent resolution of 
Congress, and with respect to the Deputy Comptroller General, 
by joint resolution of Congress''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 772(a) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 703(e)(1)'' 
and inserting ``section 703(f)(1)''.

SEC. 3. DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.

Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 301. Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment
``(a) The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall be 
appointed by the adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution. The 
concurrent resolution shall provide for the appointment of the 
individual selected by the commission established under subsection (b).
``(b) There is established a commission for the purposes of 
recommending an individual to be appointed as Director under subsection 
(a). The commission established under this subsection shall consist of 
the following:
``(1) The Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
Representatives.
``(2) The majority and minority leaders of the Senate.
``(3) One Republican and Democrat Member each from the 
Joint Committee of Congress on Printing.
``(c) The Director may be removed from office at any time upon an 
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members duly chosen or sworn in 
the Senate and the House of Representatives.''.
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