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GOOD Act

12/15/2023, 4:06 PM

Congressional Summary of S 791

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.

The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories.

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Current Status of Bill S 791

Bill S 791 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since March 14, 2023. Bill S 791 was introduced during Congress 118 and was introduced to the Senate on March 14, 2023.  Bill S 791's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. as of March 14, 2023

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 791

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
0
Republican Sponsors
1
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
0
Democrat Cosponsors
0
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 791

Primary Policy Focus

Government Operations and Politics

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 791

GOOD Act
GOOD Act
Guidance Out Of Darkness Act
A bill to increase access to agency guidance documents.

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Sponsors and Cosponsors of S 791

Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
WisconsinRepublican
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
North CarolinaRepublican
Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
MissouriRepublican
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
FloridaRepublican
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
UtahRepublican
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
KentuckyRepublican

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