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119th Congress

H.R. 1515

GOOD Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
James Comer(R-KY)
Introduced
Feb 24, 2025
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Committees
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Official text
Referred in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (3)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (2)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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