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Notwithstanding section 2 of the Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015 (2 U.S.C. 136–1) and section 301 of title 44, United States Code, the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall be appointed, and may be removed, without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office, upon a majority vote of a congressional commission consisting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.