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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6517 
To modify the appointment process for the Librarian of Congress, the Comp-
troller General, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2025 
Mr. CASE (for himself, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. TONKO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, 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 modify the appointment process for the Librarian of 
Congress, the Comptroller General, and the Director of 
the Government Publishing Office, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 
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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 ap-
pointed 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 is repealed. 
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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 redes-
ignated 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 ‘‘Comp-
troller General and Deputy Comptroller General 
are’’ and inserting ‘‘Deputy Comptroller Gen-
eral 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 va-
cancy in the office of the Comptroller General shall 
recommend one individual. The Congress may ask 
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the commission to recommend additional individ-
uals.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)(1)(B), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘joint resolution of Congress’’ and in-
serting ‘‘with respect to the Comptroller General, by 
concurrent resolution of Congress, and with respect 
to the Deputy Comptroller General, by joint resolu-
tion 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 OF-
FICE. 
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 Of-
fice shall be appointed by the adoption by Congress of a 
concurrent resolution. The concurrent resolution shall pro-
vide for the appointment of the individual selected by the 
commission established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) There is established a commission for the pur-
poses of recommending an individual to be appointed as 
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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 Mem-
bers duly chosen or sworn in the Senate and the House 
of Representatives.’’. 
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