The GPO puts all federal papers online for free.
H.R. 9342 — GPO Modernization Act of 2026 · Filed by Stephanie Bice (R-OK) · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the GPO to stop printing papers. Instead, it will put them online. People get free access to all papers through a new National Collection. The GPO gets more power to buy things. The hardbound Constitution will only exist online.
Who it affects
People gain free online access to papers without visiting a library. Libraries that store papers must shift to online access. Some people who need printed papers may have trouble.
One thing to notice
The GPO can collect papers from agency websites on its own. This could grab papers agencies did not mean to share. Congress loses power to say what the GPO can sell and buy.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jun 18, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and House Committee on House Administration · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and…”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote”
- Sep 14, 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
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $71,297 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 39 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Stephanie Bice, who sponsored the bill, received $1,024,250 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- American Library Association — $71,297 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- National Collection — A new online library of all federal papers.
- 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.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (43,750 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 24, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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