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.

Summary

Creates a new, Congress-centered process for selecting three senior federal officials: the Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office (GPO). Each official would be chosen by a congressional concurrent resolution that names the single candidate recommended by a small commission made up of congressional leaders and one Republican and one Democrat member from the relevant joint committee. The bill also sets a 10-year term for the Librarian and allows removal of these officials by an affirmative three-fifths vote of all Members of both chambers.

• Shifts appointment of the Librarian of Congress, Comptroller General, and GPO Director to congressional concurrent resolutions based on a commission's single recommendation.
• Creates small bipartisan commissions composed of congressional leaders plus one Republican and one Democrat member from the relevant joint committee to select nominees.
• Establishes a 10-year term for the Librarian of Congress.
• Allows removal of the Librarian and GPO Director by affirmative three-fifths votes of all Members of both the House and Senate.
• Revises statute for Comptroller General appointments, redesignating subsections and specifying that the Deputy Comptroller General is to be approved by joint resolution.
• Requires the commissions to recommend one individual (Congress may request more), concentrating initial selection power in a few congressional leaders and committee members.
• Repeals the Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015 and updates cross-references in related statutes.
• Does not appropriate funds or specify an effective date in the provided text.
• Could increase Congress's direct control over positions traditionally seen as independent, potentially affecting perceptions of institutional independence.