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Guidance Clarity Act of 2025
To require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- 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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