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GPO Modernization Act of 2026
To revise certain authorities of the Government Publishing Office, and for other purposes.
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- Became law
Summary
GPO Modernization Act of 2026
This bill revises certain programs and operations of the Government Publishing Office (GPO). The bill also revises a Library of Congress (LOC) requirement related to the publication of the Constitution Annotated.
Specifically, the bill revises the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) through which GPO provides long-term public access to federal publications. Among other changes to the FDLP, the bill (1) updates statutory references within the FDLP to include references to government public information in all formats, including digital; and (2) removes a requirement that a depository library must maintain a specified minimum number of books.
Additionally, the bill requires GPO's Superintendent of Documents to (1) provide descriptive cataloguing records for government public information, which must include metadata; and (2) protect the privacy of individuals using the digital repository system.
Among other changes to GPO operations, the bill
- redesignates the Joint Committee on Printing (which oversees GPO) as the Joint Committee on Publishing and updates the relevant statutory references,
- specifies that GPO may provide publishing services,
- allows GPO to accept gifts,
- increases the statutory simplified acquisition threshold for GPO purchases, and
- updates certain employee leave carryover and compensation rules.
The bill also replaces the requirement for LOC to prepare hardbound versions of the Constitution Annotated and supplements with a requirement for LOC to instead prepare digital versions and publish them online. The new requirement applies to the supplement after the Supreme Court term beginning October 2026 and all subsequent editions.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Sep 15, 2026 Received in the Senate.
- Sep 14, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5546-5550)
- Sep 14, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Sep 14, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9342.
- Sep 14, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5546-5551)
- Sep 14, 2026 Mr. Griffith moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 10, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 708.
- Sep 10, 2026 Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.
- Sep 10, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 119-809, Part I.
- Jun 24, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 24, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 18, 2026 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.
- Jun 18, 2026 Introduced in House
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