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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Sep 26, 2018
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On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on the online portal designated by OMB that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.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.
People & committees
Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] · R–NC
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9072)
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)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4809.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9072-9073)
Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 760.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-972.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-972.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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