To increase access to agency guidance documents.
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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-597.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-597.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
Ms. Mace moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4709-4711)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 890.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4709-4710)
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4709-4710)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.