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GOOD Act

Introduced: January 11, 2018 Introduced by: Johnson, Ron Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

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Jun 7, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 448.

Jun 7, 2018

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-271.

Feb 14, 2018

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Jan 11, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Jan 11, 2018

Introduced in Senate

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Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

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 regulations.gov, and (3) display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on regulations.gov.

The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories.

On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on regulations.gov that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 448.

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