H.R. 1515
GOOD Act
Sponsor: James Comer · 3 cosponsors
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Official summary
Written by the 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 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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.
No later than five years after the enactment of this bill, the Government Accountability Office must report on agency compliance with these requirements.
Text of the bill
(a) In general. All guidance documents published under section 3 by an agency shall be published in a single location on an internet website designated by the Director under subsection (d).
(b) Agency internet websites. Each agency shall, for guidance documents published by the agency under section 3, publish a hyperlink on the internet website of the agency that provides access to the guidance documents at the location described in subsection (a).
(c) Organization
(1) In general. The guidance documents described in subsection (a) shall be—
(A) categorized as guidance documents; and
(B) further divided into subcategories as appropriate.
(2) Agency internet websites. The hyperlinks described in subsection (b) shall be prominently displayed on the internet website of the agency.
(d) Designation. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall designate an internet website on which guidance documents shall be published under section 3.