HR 10204
Passed a chamber
Changes how the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Government Publishing Office are appointed and removed, and separates the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress's supervision.
Official title: Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
01-SEP-2026
Referred
01-SEP-2026
Passed
14-SEP-2026
Senate
Received
15-SEP-2026
- Creates a congressional commission of House and Senate leaders and committee leaders that appoints the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Government Publishing Office, and can remove them by majority vote.
- Requires the Librarian and the Director to appoint deputies within 120 days, with a fallback appointment by the commission if they do not.
- Ends the Library of Congress's supervisory role over the Copyright Office, and sets a 10-year term for the Register of Copyrights.
- Creates an independent Inspector General for the Copyright Office and applies the Congressional Accountability Act to the Government Publishing Office.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (01-SEP-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 14-SEP-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Committee on House Administration (House)
Congress
No cosponsors.