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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.

H.R. 6517 · 119th Congress · Dec 9, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

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 is repealed.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.”

(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:

“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.”