H.R. 1515 Passed the House Government Operations and Politics

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act

To increase access to agency guidance documents.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] Introduced February 24, 2025 Cosponsors 3 (1 D, 1 I, 1 R) Latest action March 4, 2025

Summary

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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Congress.gov

Actions

  1. Mar 4, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Mar 3, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Mar 3, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)
  4. Mar 3, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1515.
  5. Mar 3, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H928-930)
  6. Mar 3, 2025 Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  7. Feb 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  8. Feb 24, 2025 Introduced in House

Congressional and federal records come from official public sources: the House Clerk, the U.S. Senate, GovInfo and the Library of Congress (bill status), the Federal Register, and the congress-legislators project. They are copied on a schedule and may lag the official record by a few hours; the official sources govern. News and coverage counts are drawn from the 4Search index and reflect what the press published, not 4Search's views. Nothing here is an endorsement of any candidate, party or position. Terms of use.