Sec. 4. Director of the Government Publishing Office
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Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— by inserting before section 301 the following: In this chapter— the term commission means a congressional commission consisting of the oversight committee leadership and the House and Senate leadership; the term House and Senate leadership means the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the Senate; and the term oversight committee leadership means the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. ; and in section 301— by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: The Government Publishing Office shall be headed by a Director. The Director shall be appointed by the commission in accordance with the procedures specified in subparagraph (B), without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office. If there is a vacancy in the position of Director, the oversight committee leadership shall jointly recommend 3 individuals for appointment to the vacant office. The Director shall be appointed from among the 3 individuals recommended under clause (i), upon a majority vote of the House and Senate leadership. ; in subsection (c), by striking , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ; and by adding at the end the following: The Director may be removed from office at any time upon a majority vote of the members of the House and Senate leadership. . Section 303 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— by inserting
(a)before The annual rate of pay for the Director of the Government Publishing Office ; and by adding at the end the following: The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall not be considered to serve under a political appointment for purposes of section 747 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–47 ; 138 Stat. 585), or any other subsequently enacted similar provision of law. . The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 301 the following: 300. Definitions. .