HISTORICAL OBSERVATION / ROW 167
[stage_change] H.R. 6028 passes House unanimously under suspension (June 8, 2026) — congressional appointment commission for Librarian of Congress + GPO Director; Register of Copyrights gets hybrid process; awaits Senate
Title and labels preserved from the historical tracker.
- Observed
- Original stage
- Bill introduced
- Actor label
- House of Representatives / Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA, primary sponsor) / bipartisan coalition
- Original source type
- Hill institutional
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Record provenance
Historical tracker · Signals sheet · row 167
Snapshot through 2026-06-19. Original stage labels are historical annotations; source availability and current status may differ.
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Import details and field policyOther observations at this URL
- CRS Text Analysis Program 2.0 (TAP 2.0) — first public demo at CDTF June 11; identifies bill similarity across Congresses back to 113th; side-by-side views; available in House (and CRS)Piloted
- [stage_change] Comparative Print Suite fully deployed House-wide — demo'd publicly as "first AI-enabled tool in the House" at CDTF June 11, 2026; compare.house.gov; 80-person Senate pilot activeLaunched
- AGI/CDC mandated reports gap analysis — project with Dave Zvenyach reveals ~2,000 missing congressionally mandated reports in GPO repository; 3,000+ required vs. 1,000+ published; metadata standards gap identified (June 11, 2026 CDTF)In-flight build
- Senate "Bells" app nearing completion — mobile notifications for votes, quorum calls, floor activity; on/off Hill via VPN; internal API planned; Senate adaptation of House bells system (June 11, 2026 CDTF)In-flight build
- Senate "Webster" internal website revamp announced — Secretary of Senate to rebuild staff information discovery resource; 9-18 months; House-Senate authentication federation possible (June 11, 2026 CDTF)In-flight build