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S. 252In committee
GOOD Act
Introduced: Jan 24, 2025
Latest action date: Sep 14, 2026
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Jan 24, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act
This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
CommitteeSenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
CalendarsSenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
CommitteeSenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
IntroReferralSenateIntroduced in Senate
IntroReferralLibrary of Congress
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