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H.R. 7396 116th Congress House

GOOD Act

Official title: To increase access to agency guidance documents.

Introduced: July 20, 2020 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jun 26, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 26, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must (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 a designated website, (3) display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.

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

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
Flores, Bill
· Sep 29, 2020
 R
Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Sep 4, 2020
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Comer, James
Kentucky · Jul 20, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7396: GOOD Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7396/
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"H.R. 7396: GOOD Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7396/.
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