One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America
2d Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two
S. 4791
AN ACT
To amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.
Term for appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office
In general
Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—
by inserting (a)
before The President
; and
by adding at the end the following:
The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b).
.
Application to incumbent
If there is an individual serving in the position of Director of the Government Publishing Office, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the date of enactment of this Act—
the amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the appointment of such individual; and
the term of the individual for purposes of subsection (b) of section 301 of title 44, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be considered to have started on the date on which the individual assumed the office of Director of the Government Publishing Office.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate