The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2026
HR 9342 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Stephanie I. Bice (R)

GPO Modernization Act of 2026

Updates federal rules for accessing and managing government publications through libraries and digital systems.

Tradeoff

Modernizes how federal documents are stored, cataloged, and made available to the public online and through libraries. Requires government agencies to notify the Superintendent of Documents about their publications.

What's in it

See official bill text

Estimated cost is negligible (between -$500,000 and $500,000) over 2026-2031.

The negligible federal cost represents mostly administrative updates to GPO's authorities for digital publishing — the policy's real impact is on how federal agencies will manage and preserve government publications going forward.

H.R. 9342, GPO Modernization Act of 2026 · Sep 2026

Passed the House by on September 14, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jun 18, 2026)

  2. House

    Committee on House Administration(Jun 18, 2026)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    The Committee on House Administration voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Jun 24, 2026)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-809, Part I.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 14, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Sep 15, 2026)