A bill to amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.

Bill: 117-s-4791
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2022-09-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional agencies

Congressional officers and employees

Federal officials

Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Latest action: action_date: 2022-10-17
text: Became Public Law No: 117-213.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill establishes a 10-year term of office for the Director of the Government Publishing Office.</p>

action_date: 2022-09-06
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill establishes a 10-year term of office for the Director of the Government Publishing Office.</p>

action_date: 2022-09-29
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill establishes a 10-year term of office for the Director of the Government Publishing Office.</p>

action_date: 2022-10-17
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>This bill establishes a 10-year term of office for the Director of the Government Publishing Office.</p>

tv_txt: One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two S. 4791 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.

1. Term for appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office (a) In general Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before The President ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years. (c) An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b). . (b) Application to incumbent If there is an individual serving in the position of Director of the Government Publishing Office, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the date of enactment of this Act— (1) the amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the appointment of such individual; and (2) the term of the individual for purposes of subsection (b) of section 301 of title 44, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be considered to have started on the date on which the individual assumed the office of Director of the Government Publishing Office.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4791 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 6, 2022 Mr. Blunt introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed A BILL To amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.

1. Term for appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office (a) In general Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before The President ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years. (c) An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b). . (b) Application to incumbent If there is an individual serving in the position of Director of the Government Publishing Office, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the date of enactment of this Act— (1) the amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the appointment of such individual; and (2) the term of the individual for purposes of subsection (b) of section 301 of title 44, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be considered to have started on the date on which the individual assumed the office of Director of the Government Publishing Office.

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4791 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.

1. Term for appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office (a) In general Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before The President ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years. (c) An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b). . (b) Application to incumbent If there is an individual serving in the position of Director of the Government Publishing Office, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the date of enactment of this Act— (1) the amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the appointment of such individual; and (2) the term of the individual for purposes of subsection (b) of section 301 of title 44, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be considered to have started on the date on which the individual assumed the office of Director of the Government Publishing Office.

Passed the Senate September 6, 2022. Secretary