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HR1515Passed House

GOOD Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-24
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

James Comer
James Comer
Republican · KY · Representative
Votes with party: 96.3% (540 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/C001108

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)Original· 2025-02-24
  • Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3)· 2025-03-03
  • Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)· 2026-03-27

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

2025-03-04

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-03-04
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2025-02-24

Previously

  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-04
  • Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-24

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access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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