GOOD Act
- Last Action
- 3/4/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-04Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-03-03Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-03-03On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)
- 2025-03-03Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)
- 2025-03-03DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1515.
- 2025-03-03Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H928-930)
- 2025-03-03Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 2025-02-24Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- 2025-02-24Introduced in House
- 2025-02-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-24 (00)
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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.
No later than five years after the enactment of this bill, the Government Accountability Office must report on agency compliance with these requirements.
Cosponsors (3)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
- Blake Moore (R-UT)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Government information and archives
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