House Bill 1515
119th Congress(2025-2026)
GOOD Act
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Passed House on Mar 3, 2025
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House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
1515
Congress
119
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.
checkPassed on March 3, 2025
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)
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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.
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03/04/2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
03/03/2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
03/03/2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)
03/03/2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)
03/03/2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1515.
03/03/2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H928-930)
03/03/2025
Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
02/24/2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
02/24/2025
Introduced in House
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