To modify the appointment process for the Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office, and for other purposes.

This bill changes how three important government positions are chosen and removed from their jobs. Instead of the President picking the Librarian of Congress, the Director of the Government Publishing Office, and the Comptroller General with Senate approval, Congress would choose all three positions itself. A bipartisan group from Congress would recommend candidates, and then both the House and Senate would vote to appoint them. The bill also makes it harder to remove these people from their jobs - the Librarian and GPO Director could only be removed if three-fifths of both the House and Senate vote to remove them, while the Comptroller General could only be removed through impeachment or a different type of congressional vote.

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