Congress picks three top leaders instead of the president.

What it does

The bill changes who picks three top leaders. They run the Library of Congress, the Government Publishing Office, and the Copyright Office. Right now the president picks them. The bill says House and Senate leaders pick them instead. These leaders can fire them by a vote. The Copyright Office becomes its own agency. It gets its own Inspector General.

Who it affects

Congress gains power to pick these three leaders. The president loses this power. Workers at the Government Publishing Office get new job rules.

One thing to notice

A simple vote can fire these leaders at any time. The Copyright Office is now separate from the Library of Congress. This might create gaps in how rules and services work.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

4 cosponsors: 4 Republicans.

• Nov 12, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Nov 12, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and…”
• May 14, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• May 14, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 11 - 0”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3938-3942)”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Griffith moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

11 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 15 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $4,272,163 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 7 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 92% of bills with any report.

H. Griffith, who sponsored the bill, received $1,276,706 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Paramount Skydance Corporation — $1,520,000 in 1 report
• Disney Worldwide Services Inc — $1,400,000 in 1 report
• American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees — $630,000 in 1 report
• Digital Media Assn — $340,284 in 2 reports
• Association of American Publishers — $100,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Government Publishing Office — The agency that prints and shares official government documents.
• Copyright Office — The agency that manages copyright sign-ups and enforces copyright law.
• Inspector General — An official who checks for waste and rule-breaking in an agency.
• Library of Congress — The library that runs research and information services for Congress.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.