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.
HR 6517 changes how three key government officials are appointed and removed. It requires Congress, not the President, to appoint the Librarian of Congress, Comptroller General, and Director of the Government Publishing Office through a concurrent resolution. For each position, a new commission made up of congressional leadership and committee members will recommend candidates. The Librarian serves a 10-year term, and all three officials can be removed only with a three-fifths vote in both chambers. The bill repeals prior law regarding the Librarian's succession.
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Dec 2025
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Introduced Dec 9, 2025
Last action Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
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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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Dec 9, 2025
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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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Ed Case
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Paul Tonko
DDemocratic
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