H.R. 1515 · 119th Congress
Guidance Out Of Darkness Act
GOOD Act
Status: Passed House
- Introduced (done)
- Committee (done)
- Passed House (current)
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Law
Latest action
: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)
- House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1515.
- House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H928-930)
- House
Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House