Bill Sponsor
House Bill 7396
116th Congress(2019-2020)
GOOD Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 26, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 26, 2020
Latest Action
Jun 26, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
7396
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
North Carolina
Republican
Kentucky
Republican
Oklahoma
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.

Text (1)
June 26, 2020
Actions (2)
06/26/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
06/26/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:16:48 PM