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GOOD Act

Introduced: February 7, 2019 Introduced by: Johnson, Ron Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Mar 25, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.
Mar 25, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-12.
Feb 13, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 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access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.

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What's happening now March 25, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Mar 25, 2019
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Mar 14, 2019
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Feb 14, 2019
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Feb 11, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 380: GOOD Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-380/
MLA
"S. 380: GOOD Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-380/.
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S. 380, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-380/.
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[S. 380: GOOD Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-380/)
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