GOOD Act

United States116th CongressS-380Senate
Updated: Mar 25, 2019

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 (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access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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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HR-7396: GOOD Act

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  2. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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  3. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-12.

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  4. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.

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