[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4791 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.4791

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two


                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TERM FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT 
PUBLISHING OFFICE.
    (a) In General.--Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The President''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
    ``(c) 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).''.
    (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--
        (1) the amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
    respect to the appointment of such individual; and
        (2) 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.