Separates the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress and changes how the Librarian of Congress, the Government Publishing Office Director, and their deputies are chosen and removed.

• Has a congressional commission of House and Senate leaders appoint and remove the Librarian of Congress and the Government Publishing Office Director, with the oversight committees recommending three candidates for each post.
• Makes the Register of Copyrights a presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate for a 10-year term, and gives the Copyright Office its own Inspector General.
• Requires the Librarian and the Director to appoint deputies within 120 days, with a congressional commission filling the post if they do not.
• Brings Government Publishing Office employees under the Congressional Accountability Act and requires a merit-based human capital management system for that office.

• Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
• Judiciary Committee (House)
• Committee on House Administration (House)

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