GOOD Act

2/8/2022, 11:16 PM

Congressional Summary of HR 7396

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must (1) publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, (2) publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, (3) display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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 HR 7396

Bill HR 7396 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since June 26, 2020. Bill HR 7396 was introduced during Congress 116 and was introduced to the House on June 26, 2020.  Bill HR 7396's most recent activity was Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. as of June 26, 2020

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 7396

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
0
Republican Sponsors
1
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
3
Democrat Cosponsors
0
Republican Cosponsors
3
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 7396

Primary Policy Focus

Government Operations and Politics

Potential Impact Areas

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archives

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 7396

GOOD ActTo increase access to agency guidance documents.GOOD ActGuidance Out Of Darkness Act
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Sponsors and Cosponsors of HR 7396

Mark Walker
Mark Walker
North Carolina(Republican)
Kevin Hern
Kevin Hern
Oklahoma(Republican)
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
Texas(Republican)
James Comer
James Comer
Kentucky(Republican)

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