GOOD Act

12/15/2023, 4:06 PM

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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.

Congress
118

Number
S - 791

Introduced on
2023-03-14

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/14/2023

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to increase access to agency guidance documents.

Policy Areas
Government Operations and Politics

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary4/21/2023

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, publis...


Latest Action3/14/2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.