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Guidance Clarity Act

Introduced: March 27, 2025 Introduced by: Burlison, Eric Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 24, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 490.

Mar 24, 2026

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-569.

May 21, 2025

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 19.

May 21, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Mar 27, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced in House

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Guidance Clarity Act of 2025

This bill requires federal agencies to state on the first page of guidance documents that such guidance (1) does not have the force and effect of law, and (2) is intended only to provide clarity to the public about existing legal requirements or agency policies.

What's happening now March 24, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 490.

Hearings & markups 1

the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 580, the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Ac…
Markup May 21, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
for HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025

Cosponsors 7

Stefanik, Elise M.

New York · Feb 4, 2026

Donalds, Byron

Florida · Jan 30, 2026

Kentucky · Mar 27, 2025

Davis, Donald G.

North Carolina · Mar 27, 2025

Golden, Jared F.

Maine · Mar 27, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2409: Guidance Clarity Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2409/

MLA

"H.R. 2409: Guidance Clarity Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2409/.

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H.R. 2409, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2409/.

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[H.R. 2409: Guidance Clarity Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2409/)