As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on June 24, 2026
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars | 2026 | 2026-2031 | 2026-2036 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct Spending (Outlays) | 0 | * | * | ||||||||
Revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit | 0 | * | * | ||||||||
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays) | 0 | * | not estimated | ||||||||
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037? | No | Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? | Yes | ||||||||
Mandate Effects | |||||||||||
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037? | No | Contains intergovernmental mandate? | No | ||||||||
Contains private-sector mandate? | No | ||||||||||
* = between -$500,000 and $500,000. | |||||||||||
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H.R. 9342 would update the authorities governing the Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Federal Depository Library Program for current digital publishing practices. The bill would:
Establish a framework for GPO's public information programs;
Expand requirements for federal agencies to provide and preserve government publications;
Change some of the rules related to the operation of depository libraries and Congressional oversight of GPO;
Revise the authorities related to cataloging, digital preservation, and Congressional publishing;
Expand certain procurement, personnel, and operational authorities, including the authority for GPO to accept and spend gifts; and
Replace certain printed publications with digital versions.
Based on information from GPO, CBO expects that the agency, using its existing authority, already carries out most of the bill’s required activities related to public information, cataloging, and depository libraries. Some provisions, including the oversight of GPO and the new governmentwide administrative activities, would increase costs. Other provisions, especially those that would reduce printing requirements, would decrease costs. On net, CBO estimates the change in costs under the bill would be insignificant over the 2026-2031 period.
Enacting H.R. 9342 would affect direct spending by some agencies that are allowed to use fees, receipts from the sale of goods, and other collections to cover operating costs. CBO estimates that any net changes in direct spending by those agencies would be negligible because most of them can adjust amounts collected to reflect changes in operating costs.
In addition, CBO estimates that authorizing GPO to accept and use gifts and donations would have a negligible effect on net direct spending over the 2026-2036 period, because we expect the gifts and donations would be spent soon after they are received.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew Pickford. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
Phillip L. Swagel
Director, Congressional Budget Office