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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9490 

To revise certain authorities of the Government Publishing Office, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Mr. STEIL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 

and Accountability, 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 

A BILL 

To revise certain authorities of the Government Publishing 

Office, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘GPO Modernization Act of 2024’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Section 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—SALES PROGRAMS 


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Sec. 101. Sale of Government documents. 

TITLE II—PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS 

Sec. 201. Purpose and establishment. 

Sec. 202. Definitions. 

Sec. 203. Availability of Government publications. 

Sec. 204. Selections available to depository libraries. 

Sec. 205. Distribution to depositories. 

Sec. 206. Conforming amendment related to libraries of executive departments. 

Sec. 207. Requirements for depository libraries. 

Sec. 208. Free use of Government public information in depositories. 

Sec. 209. Regional depositories. 

Sec. 210. Cataloging and access. 

Sec. 211. National Collection of United States Public Information. 

Sec. 212. Printing or publication of Congressional Directory. 

TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Digital publishing services. 

Sec. 302. Acceptance of gifts. 

Sec. 303. Simplified acquisitions. 

Sec. 304. Supplies or services. 

Sec. 305. Detail of employees. 

Sec. 306. Appointment of persons to confidential or policymaking positions. 

Sec. 307. Leave carryover for certain Government Publishing Office positions. 

1 TITLE I—SALES PROGRAMS 

2 SEC. 101. SALE OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCU4 MENTS.—Section 1702 of title 44, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in the first undesignated paragraph, by 

7 striking ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) AP8 POINTMENT.—The Director’’; 

9 (2) in the second undesignated paragraph— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘When an officer’’ and in11 serting ‘‘(b) RECEIPT AND SALE.—When an of12 ficer’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘who shall receive and sell’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘who may receive and sell’’; and 


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1 (3) in the third undesignated paragraph, by 

2 striking ‘‘The Superintendent of Documents’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘(c) REPORTS AND DISTRIBUTION.—The 

4 Superintendent of Documents’’. 

5 (b) REMOVE REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL FROM

6 DEPARTMENT IN WHICH DOCUMENT ORIGINATED.—Sec7 tion 1707 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘, subject 

8 to the approval of the Secretary or head of the department 

9 in which the public document originated’’. 

10 (c) PRICES; RESALE AUTHORITY.—Section 1708 of 

11 such title is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘§ 1708. Prices for sales copies of publications; cred13 iting of receipts; resale by dealers; sales 

14 agents 

15 ‘‘(a) PRICES.—The price at which additional copies 

16 of Government publications are offered for sale to the pub17 lic by the Superintendent of Documents shall be based on 

18 the cost as determined by the Director of the Government 

19 Publishing Office plus a premium to cover the costs of 

20 sale and delivery. A discount may be allowed as deter21 mined by the Superintendent of Documents. 

22 ‘‘(b) RESALE AUTHORITY.—The Superintendent of 

23 Documents may prescribe terms and conditions under 

24 which he authorizes the resale of Government publications 

25 by book dealers, and he may designate any Government 


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1 officer his agent for the sale of Government publications 

2 under regulations agreed upon by the Superintendent of 

3 Documents and the head of the respective department or 

4 establishment of the Government.’’. 

5 (d) AUTHORITY OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCU6 MENTS TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRIBU7 TION, SALE, AND DISPOSAL OF UNNEEDED DOCU8 MENTS.—Section 1720 of such title is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘distribution or sale’’ and inserting ‘‘distribution, sale, 

10 or disposal in accordance with requirements established by 

11 the Superintendent of Documents’’. 

12 TITLE II—PUBLIC INFORMATION 

13 PROGRAMS 

14 SEC. 201. PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT. 

15 Chapter 19 of title 44, United States Code, is amend16 ed by inserting before section 1901 the following new sec17 tion: 

18 ‘‘§ 1900. Purpose and establishment of the public in19 formation programs of the Super20 intendent of Documents 

21 ‘‘(a) The purposes of this chapter are the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) To ensure the public’s right to free, equi23 table, and convenient access to Government public 

24 information. 


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1 ‘‘(2) To establish the Public Information Pro2 grams of the Superintendent of Documents in the 

3 Government Publishing Office, that together, func4 tion to identify, acquire, catalog, preserve, authen5 ticate, disseminate, reformat, and provide no-fee per6 manent public access to the corpus of Government 

7 public information for future generations, including 

8 the following programs and activities: 

9 ‘‘(A) The Federal Depository Library Pro10 gram. 

11 ‘‘(B) The Cataloging and Access Services 

12 Program. 

13 ‘‘(C) Online System of Access. 

14 ‘‘(D) The National Collection of U.S. Gov15 ernment Public Information. 

16 ‘‘(E) Preservation Program. 

17 ‘‘(F) Sales to the Public. 

18 ‘‘(b) The Superintendent of Documents shall engage 

19 in activities that enhance awareness and access to Govern20 ment public information or provide services that support 

21 libraries in their efforts to serve their communities.’’. 

22 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

23 Section 1901 of such title is amended to read as fol24 lows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1901. Definitions 

2 ‘‘In this chapter— 

3 ‘‘(1) the term ‘access services’ means those 

4 functions or services which enable or enhance dis5 covery, awareness, and use of Government public in6 formation in the National Collection of U.S. Govern7 ment Public Information, and Federal documents 

8 collections held by Federal depository libraries; 

9 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Government public information’ 

10 means Federal Government publications or informa11 tion resources, regardless of physical form or me12 dium, compiled by Government employees, or at 

13 Government expense, or as required by law, and dis14 seminated to the public by an agency or a contractor 

15 thereof or of educational value, including such publi16 cations or information resources which have been de17 classified; 

18 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Government publication’ means 

19 informational matter which is published as an indi20 vidual document at Government expense, or as re21 quired by law; 

22 ‘‘(4) the term ‘information’ means any commu23 nication or representation of knowledge such as 

24 facts, data, or opinions in any medium or form, in25 cluding textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, 

26 narrative, electronic, or audiovisual forms; 


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1 ‘‘(5) the term ‘information lifecycle manage2 ment’ means the process of planning, budgeting, ad3 ministering, processing, and controlling information, 

4 whether in the form of a tangible or digital informa5 tion asset, throughout the stages of the asset, in6 cluding the asset’s— 

7 ‘‘(A) creation, identification, and acquisi8 tion; 

9 ‘‘(B) organization, bibliographic control, 

10 and metadata; 

11 ‘‘(C) preservation, digitization, and refor12 matting; 

13 ‘‘(D) authentication, access, and dissemi14 nation; 

15 ‘‘(E) promotion; 

16 ‘‘(F) storage; and 

17 ‘‘(G) management through a trusted dig18 ital repository; 

19 ‘‘(6) the term ‘permanent public access’ means 

20 making Government public information resources 

21 discoverable and available to, and accessible by, the 

22 public on an indefinite, continuing basis, without 

23 charge; 

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1 tain useful access to information assets, serving the 

2 information needs of both present and future gen3 erations; and 

4 ‘‘(8) the term ‘unreported public information’ 

5 means Government public information which is not 

6 cataloged or otherwise identifiable or retrievable by 

7 an end user of the catalog described in section 

8 1917.’’. 

9 SEC. 203. AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. 

10 Section 1902 of such title is amended to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘§ 1902. Availability of Government publications 

13 through Superintendent of Documents; 

14 notification of publications not ordered 

15 from Government Publishing Office 

16 ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY.—The Superintendent of Docu17 ments shall make Government public information available 

18 to depository libraries through the Superintendent of Doc19 uments Public Information Programs. 

20 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each component of the Gov21 ernment shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) notify the Superintendent of Documents of 

23 tangible Government public information content it 

24 has issued that is not also available digitally; 


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1 ‘‘(2) notify the Superintendent of Documents of 

2 digital Government public information content it has 

3 issued; 

4 ‘‘(3) collaborate with the Superintendent of 

5 Documents to ensure any such digital Government 

6 public information remains permanently accessible; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(4) furnish to the Superintendent of Docu9 ments any tangible Government public information it 

10 has issued that was obtained from sources other 

11 than the Government Publishing Office, unless other 

12 arrangements have been made with the Super13 intendent of Documents to ensure the information is 

14 accessible to depository libraries. 

15 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirements of subsection 

16 (b) do not apply to Government public information that 

17 is confidential in character or classified for reasons of na18 tional security.’’. 

19 SEC. 204. SELECTIONS AVAILABLE TO DEPOSITORY LI20 BRARIES. 

21 Section 1904 of such title is amended to read as fol22 lows: 

23 ‘‘§ 1904. Selections available to depository libraries 

24 ‘‘The Superintendent of Documents shall notify de25 pository libraries of those Government public information 


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1 products, regardless of format, that are available for selec2 tion for inclusion in their depository collections.’’. 

3 SEC. 205. DISTRIBUTION TO DEPOSITORIES. 

4 Section 1905 of title 44, United States Code, is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘§ 1905. Distribution to depositories; designation of 

7 additional libraries; justification; author8 ization for certain designations 

9 ‘‘(a) Government public information available from 

10 the Superintendent of Documents, and when requested 

11 from the Superintendent of Documents, shall be distrib12 uted or made accessible to depository libraries specifically 

13 designated by law and to libraries designated pursuant to 

14 this section. 

15 ‘‘(b) Libraries within areas served by Members of the 

16 House, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from the 

17 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be designated by them 

18 to receive Government public information to the extent 

19 that the total number of libraries designated by them does 

20 not exceed two within each area. 

21 ‘‘(c) Not more than two additional libraries within a 

22 State may be designated by each Senator from the State. 

23 ‘‘(d) The Mayor of the District of Columbia may des24 ignate two depository libraries in the District of Columbia. 


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1 ‘‘(e) The Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto 

2 Rico, the Governor of Guam, the Governor of American 

3 Samoa, and the Governor of the Commonwealth of the 

4 Northern Mariana Islands may each designate one deposi5 tory library in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

6 American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

7 Mariana Islands, respectively. The Governor of the United 

8 States Virgin Islands may designate one depository library 

9 on the island of Saint Thomas and one on the island of 

10 Saint Croix. 

11 ‘‘(f) The Superintendent of Documents may des12 ignate libraries to be digital-only depository libraries for 

13 Government public information if they are located in an 

14 area with no congressional vacancies and they are not eli15 gible to be designated under existing by-law library provi16 sions of this section. Digital-only depository libraries must 

17 be freely accessible to and provide services for the general 

18 public and otherwise meet the requirements of this title. 

19 ‘‘(g) Before a library is designated as a depository 

20 for Government public information, the Superintendent of 

21 Documents shall assess the potential depository library to 

22 determine its sustainability for housing a depository collec23 tion and for providing access services, including providing 

24 access to digital content. The head of that library shall 

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1 ignation to the library’s Senator, Member of the House, 

2 Delegate, Resident Commissioner from the Common3 wealth of Puerto Rico, or the Mayor of the District of Co4 lumbia or Governor, as the case may be. The justification 

5 shall also include the assessment of the Superintendent 

6 of Documents. The justification for depository library des7 ignations shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of 

8 Documents by the Senator, Member of the House, Dele9 gate, the Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth 

10 of Puerto Rico, or the Mayor of the District of Columbia 

11 or Governor, as the case may be.’’. 

12 SEC. 206. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATED TO LIBRAR13 IES OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. 

14 Section 1907 of title 44, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Govern17 ment publications’’ and inserting ‘‘Government pub18 lic information’’; and 

19 (2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘Library of 

20 Congress and the Archivist of the United States’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘Superintendent of Documents’’. 

22 SEC. 207. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES. 

23 Section 1909 of title 44, United States Code, is 

24 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1909. Requirements of depository libraries; reports 

2 on conditions; consultations and training; 

3 termination; replacement 

4 ‘‘(a) Only a library able to provide access to, custody 

5 of, and services for deposited materials or access to and 

6 services for online digital content and located in an area 

7 where it can best serve the public need may be designated 

8 as a depository library. The designated depository libraries 

9 shall report to the Superintendent of Documents at least 

10 every two years concerning their condition. 

11 ‘‘(b) The Superintendent of Documents shall regu12 larly assess conditions in depository libraries. The Super13 intendent of Documents shall provide needed training and 

14 support by making visits to depository libraries or by other 

15 means and include the results of consultations in the Su16 perintendent of Documents’ annual report. When the Su17 perintendent of Documents ascertains that the designated 

18 depository has ceased to be maintained so as to be acces19 sible to the public, or that the Government publications 

20 which have been furnished the library have not been prop21 erly maintained, the Superintendent of Documents shall 

22 remove the library from the directory of depository librar23 ies if the library fails to correct the unsatisfactory condi24 tions within an agreed upon time frame. A library may 

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1 ments, provided that the designation may not be in excess 

2 of the number of depository libraries authorized by law.’’. 

3 SEC. 208. FREE USE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLIC INFORMA4 TION IN DEPOSITORIES. 

5 Section 1911 of title 44, United States Code, is 

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘§ 1911. Free use of Government public information 

8 in depositories; disposal of unwanted 

9 Government public information 

10 ‘‘(a) FREE USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.—Deposi11 tory libraries shall make Government public information 

12 available for the free use of the general public. 

13 ‘‘(b) DIGITAL INFORMATION SUBSTITUTES.—Deposi14 tory libraries may substitute digital information for tan15 gible publications in accordance with Superintendent of 

16 Documents policy and guidance. Depository libraries may 

17 dispose of tangible publications which are Government 

18 property after retention for five years under section 1912 

19 of this title, if the depository library is served by a regional 

20 depository library. 

21 ‘‘(c) DISPOSAL.—A depository library not served by 

22 a regional depository library, or that is a regional deposi23 tory library, may dispose of unwanted Government public 

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1 in bound form in accordance with Superintendent of Docu2 ments policy and guidance.’’. 

3 SEC. 209. REGIONAL DEPOSITORIES. 

4 Section 1912 of title 44, United States Code, is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘§ 1912. Regional depositories; designation; functions; 

7 shared responsibilities, disposal of publi8 cations 

9 ‘‘(a) Not more than two depository libraries in each 

10 State and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be des11 ignated as regional depositories and shall receive from the 

12 Superintendent of Documents copies of or access to all 

13 new and revised Government publications authorized for 

14 dissemination to depository libraries. Designation of re15 gional depository libraries may be made by a Senator or 

16 the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico within the 

17 areas served by them. Prior to the designation the Super18 intendent of Documents shall consult with the head of the 

19 potential regional depository library and ascertain that the 

20 library will fulfill the requirements for depository libraries. 

21 The agreement to function as a regional depository library 

22 shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Documents 

23 by the Senator or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 

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1 ‘‘(b) Regional depository libraries shall retain at least 

2 one copy of all Government publications received, except 

3 those authorized to be discarded by the Superintendent 

4 of Documents policy and guidance or covered by collabo5 rative agreements approved by the Superintendent of Doc6 uments, or make accessible digital versions (in accordance 

7 with Superintendent of Documents policy) and, within the 

8 area served, will provide leadership and coordination for 

9 the provision of program-related activities for depository 

10 libraries. 

11 ‘‘(c) Regional depository libraries from different 

12 States may share responsibilities by entering into agree13 ments in accordance with Superintendent of Documents 

14 guidance and upon approval of a Senator from each of 

15 the States. 

16 ‘‘(d) The Superintendent of Documents shall estab17 lish not fewer than four multistate collection service areas 

18 to support collaborative collection and service coordination 

19 among depository libraries within such area. 

20 ‘‘(e) Publications distributed by the Superintendent 

21 of Documents to depository libraries are holdings of the 

22 National Collection of U.S. Government Public Informa23 tion and remain the property of the United States Govern24 ment. Libraries designated as regional depositories will co25 ordinate with the Superintendent of Documents on the 


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1 disposition of Government Publications from depository li2 braries, within the areas served by them, which the deposi3 tory library has retained for five years or when the deposi4 tory library is relinquishing its depository designation. The 

5 Superintendent of Documents shall manage the National 

6 Collection of U.S. Government Public Information to 

7 maximize the access to, use of, and preservation of Gov8 ernment information in the depository library program.’’. 

9 SEC. 210. CATALOGING AND ACCESS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 19 of title 44, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 1917. Cataloging and access services 

14 ‘‘(a) CATALOGING DESCRIBED.—The Superintendent 

15 of Documents shall provide descriptive cataloging records 

16 for the corpus of Government public information. The cat17 aloging records shall be created using library or informa18 tion industry standards and best practices and shall in19 clude metadata elements in accordance with Super20 intendent of Documents policy. 

21 ‘‘(b) ACCESS AND AWARENESS SERVICES.—The Su22 perintendent of Documents shall engage in activities that 

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1 brary support organizations in their efforts to serve their 

2 communities’ Government information needs. 

3 ‘‘(c) SPECIFIC ACCESS SERVICES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) The Superintendent of Documents shall 

5 maintain an online comprehensive catalog of histor6 ical and current, tangible and digital Government 

7 public information cataloged under subsection (a), 

8 and such catalog shall show where the Government 

9 public information may be obtained or accessed. The 

10 catalog shall be machine- or device-independent and 

11 available for free use by the public. 

12 ‘‘(2) The Superintendent of Documents shall 

13 carry out a program to bring unreported Govern14 ment public information under bibliographic control 

15 and to make records associated with such informa16 tion available through the catalog established by this 

17 section and such other methods as may be appro18 priate. 

19 ‘‘(3) The Superintendent of Documents may 

20 make the records of such catalog available to Fed21 eral depository libraries, bibliographic utilities that 

22 support widely available record sharing, or other en23 tities that make available Government public infor24 mation. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The Superintendent of Documents may ac2 cept records for inclusion in such catalog from li3 braries and agencies of the Federal Government, 

4 Federal depository libraries, bibliographic utilities 

5 that support widely available record sharing, or 

6 other entities that make available Government public 

7 information. 

8 ‘‘(5) The Superintendent of Documents may ac9 quire digital Government public information for in10 clusion in the Cataloging and Access Services Pro11 gram, Federal Depository Library Program, and 

12 GPO’s System of Online Access through automated 

13 and manual harvesting of public websites. Such con14 tent will be cataloged, made accessible through the 

15 catalog established under this subsection, and pre16 served.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 17 of 

18 such title is amended by repealing sections 1710 and 

19 1711. 

20 SEC. 211. NATIONAL COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES PUB21 LIC INFORMATION. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 19 of title 44, United 

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1 ‘‘§ 1918. National Collection of United States Public 

2 Information 

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab5 lished a National Collection of United States Gov6 ernment Public Information (referred to in this 

7 chapter as the ‘National Collection’). 

8 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The Federal Government’s 

9 publications and information are national assets and 

10 resources. Their availability and accessibility ensures 

11 an informed citizenry and an improved quality of life 

12 for them while spurring innovation. The National 

13 Collection is established to ensure the public’s right 

14 to free, equitable, and convenient access to Govern15 ment public information. 

16 ‘‘(b) SCOPE OF THE NATIONAL COLLECTION.—The 

17 content included in the National Collection is the corpus 

18 of Government public information. 

19 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

20 OF DOCUMENTS.—The Superintendent of Documents 

21 shall administer the National Collection and shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) guarantee free permanent public access to 

23 the geographically distributed National Collection; 

24 ‘‘(2) apply information lifecycle management 

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1 ‘‘(3) acquire and bring under bibliographic con2 trol public Government information products, re3 gardless of format, in scope of the National Collec4 tion; 

5 ‘‘(4) ensure a minimum of four tangible copies 

6 of distributed publications exist in the depository li7 brary program distributed geographically in four Na8 tional Collection service areas; and 

9 ‘‘(5) collaborate with stakeholders, including the 

10 Library of Congress, libraries of the United States, 

11 Federal agencies, Congress, the Judiciary, and Fed12 eral Depository Library Program member libraries 

13 in as much as is practicable, to ensure preservation, 

14 comprehensiveness, and accessibility of the National 

15 Collection. 

16 ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE

17 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.—The Director of the 

18 Government Publishing Office, acting through the Super19 intendent of Documents, shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) operate a digital repository system that 

21 functions as the Government Publishing Office’s on22 line system of access through which members of the 

23 public may obtain, at no charge, information that is 

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1 ‘‘(2) develop and enhance such system as need2 ed; 

3 ‘‘(3) digitize, authenticate, manage, preserve, 

4 and provide a permanent means of accessing infor5 mation; 

6 ‘‘(4) provide access to information in an open 

7 format to the extent practicable; 

8 ‘‘(5) provide funding for system development, 

9 operational support, and infrastructure; and 

10 ‘‘(6) have the ability to provide services to Fed11 eral agencies for the purpose of carrying out this 

12 title.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Chapter 41 of title 

14 44, United States Code, is hereby repealed. 

15 SEC. 212. PRINTING OR PUBLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL 

16 DIRECTORY. 

17 Section 721 of title 44, United States Code, is 

18 amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘§ 721. Congressional Directory 

20 ‘‘There shall be prepared under the direction of the 

21 Joint Committee on Printing (1) a Congressional Direc22 tory, which shall be printed or published and such printed 

23 or published Congressional Directory shall be distributed 

24 as early as practicable during the first session of each 

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1 rectory, which shall be printed or published and such 

2 printed or published supplement shall be distributed as 

3 early as practicable during the second regular session of 

4 each Congress. The Joint Committee shall control the 

5 number and distribution of the Congressional Directory 

6 and each supplement.’’. 

7 TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE 

8 PROVISIONSSEC. 301. DIGITAL 

9 PUBLISHING SERVICES. 

10 Section 502 of title 44, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘, PUB13 LISHING’’ after ‘‘BINDING’’; and 

14 (2) in the text, by inserting ‘‘, publishing’’ after 

15 ‘‘binding’’. 

16 SEC. 302. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS. 

17 (a) AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.—Section 

18 318(a) of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

20 (1); 

21 (2) by striking the period at the end of para22 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

24 paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(3) in accordance with subsection (c), accept, 

2 hold, administer, and utilize gifts and bequests of 

3 property for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 

4 work of the Government Publishing Office.’’. 

5 (b) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Section 318 of such 

6 title is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 subsection: 

8 ‘‘(c)(1) Gifts and bequests of money and the proceeds 

9 from sales of other property received as gifts or bequests 

10 shall be deposited in the Revolving Fund established under 

11 section 309 of this title and shall be used solely for govern12 mental purposes. 

13 ‘‘(2) Property accepted pursuant to this provision, 

14 and the proceeds thereof, shall be used as nearly as pos15 sible in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest. 

16 ‘‘(3) For purposes of Federal income, estate, or gift 

17 taxes, property accepted under this section shall be consid18 ered as a gift, devise, or bequest to the United States.’’. 

19 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of sec20 tion 318 of such title is amended by adding ‘‘; GIFT AC21 CEPTANCE’’ at the end. 

22 SEC. 303. SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS. 

23 Section 311 of title 44, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘SMALL

2 PURCHASE’’ and inserting ‘‘SIMPLIFIED ACQUI3 SITION’’; 

4 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(b) In addition to the authority to negotiate other7 wise provided by law, the Director of the Government Pub8 lishing Office may negotiate purchases and contracts for 

9 supplies or services for which the Director of the Govern10 ment Publishing Office determines that it is impracticable 

11 to secure competition by advertising. The Director of the 

12 Government Publishing Office may designate one or more 

13 employees of the Government Publishing Office to carry 

14 out this subsection.’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’. 

17 SEC. 304. SUPPLIES OR SERVICES. 

18 Section 314 of title 44, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INKS, 

21 GLUES, AND OTHER SUPPLIES’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘SUPPLIES OR SERVICES’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘Inks, glues, and other supplies 

24 manufactured’’ and inserting ‘‘Supplies manufac25 tured or services performed’’; and 


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1 (3) by inserting ‘‘publishing’’ after ‘‘in connec2 tion with its’’. 

3 SEC. 305. DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES. 

4 Section 316 of title 44, United States Code, is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘and binding’’ inserting ‘‘, binding, 

6 and publishing’’. 

7 SEC. 306. APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO CONFIDENTIAL 

8 OR POLICYMAKING POSITIONS. 

9 Section 305 of title 44, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) by striking the third sentence; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(c) The Director of the Government Publishing Of14 fice may appoint without competitive procedures and fix 

15 the compensation of not more than four qualified individ16 uals to serve in confidential or policymaking roles at a rate 

17 not to exceed an amount equal to the maximum rate of 

18 basic pay for the Senior Executive Service under sub19 chapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, 

20 for the locality involved. Persons appointed under this sub21 section serve at the pleasure of the Director.’’. 

22 SEC. 307. LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT 

23 PUBLISHING OFFICE POSITIONS. 

24 Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

2 (2) in the first subparagraph (H), by striking 

3 the period and inserting a semicolon; 

4 (3) in the second subparagraph (H)— 

5 (A) by redesignating such subparagraph as 

6 subparagraph (I); and 

7 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

8 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

9 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(J) a position in the Government Pub11 lishing Office senior level service.’’. 

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