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GOOD Act

Introduced: January 16, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2018
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.
Sep 26, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 26, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9072)
Sep 26, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9072)
Sep 26, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4809.
Sep 26, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9072-9073)
Sep 26, 2018
Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 25, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 760.
Sep 25, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-972.
Mar 15, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 15, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

(Sec. 3) This bill requires an agency to: (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 an online portal designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and (3) display a hyperlink on the agency's online portal that provides access to the guidance documents.

The documents must be identified as guidance documents, sorted into subcategories, published in a machine-readable and open format, and searchable.

On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on the online portal designated by OMB that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.

OMB must designate an online portal within 30 days.

What's happening now September 27, 2018

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1