HR 9342
Passed a chamber
Revises the Government Publishing Office's authority over document sales, public information programs, and congressional publishing, and renames the Joint Committee on Printing the Joint Committee on Publishing.
Official title: GPO Modernization Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
18-JUN-2026
Referred
18-JUN-2026
Approved by committee
24-JUN-2026
Reported
10-SEP-2026
On the calendar
10-SEP-2026
Passed
14-SEP-2026
Senate
Received
15-SEP-2026
- Lets the Superintendent of Documents set prices and resale terms for Government publications without approval from the originating department.
- Establishes a National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information with a free online catalog and digital repository.
- Renames the Joint Committee on Printing the Joint Committee on Publishing and sets its membership and oversight role.
- Raises the simplified acquisition threshold from $100,000 to $350,000 and allows GPO to accept gifts and bequests.
- Requires digital versions of the Constitution Annotated after the October 2026 and October 2031 Supreme Court terms, available on the Library of Congress website.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (18-JUN-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.govCongress
No cosponsors.