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GOOD Act

Introduced: March 26, 2018 See on congress.gov

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

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On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on the online portal designated by OMB that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.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

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

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