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HR 6028 · in committee · significant

Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act

What this bill does

  • This bill changes how Congress appoints the Librarian of Congress and Director of the Government Publishing Office from presidential appointment to bipartisan commission.
  • It affects the leadership of major legislative branch agencies and requires the Register of Copyrights to have copyright law expertise.
  • The bill takes effect upon enactment and establishes new removal procedures requiring majority votes from House and Senate leadership.

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  1. 01

    How would shifting the Librarian of Congress appointment from the President to a bipartisan commission change the independence and accountability of that role?

  2. 02

    What specific expertise or background should the Register of Copyrights have, and how might the expertise requirement affect hiring and policy decisions?

  3. 03

    Under the new removal procedures requiring House and Senate leadership votes, could legislative branch agency directors face pressure from Congress that differs from current presidential oversight?

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Sponsor · R-VA-9

H. Morgan Griffith

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Introduced 2025-11-12

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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.

  2. 2025-11-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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.

  3. 2025-11-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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.

  4. 2025-11-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-11-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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