[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AMENDING SECTION 301 OF TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE, TO ESTABLISH A 
 TERM FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING 
                                 OFFICE

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 4791, which is at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4791) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 4791) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 4791

       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.

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