To increase access to agency guidance documents.
Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act
(Sec. 3) This bill requires an agency to: (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 an online portal designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and (3) display a hyperlink on the agency's online portal that provides access to the guidance documents.
The documents must be identified as guidance documents, sorted into subcategories, published in a machine-readable and open format, and searchable.
On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on the online portal designated by OMB that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.
OMB must designate an online portal within 30 days.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 448.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-972.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-972.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 760.
Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9072-9073)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4809.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9072)
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9072)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.