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GOOD Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-24
Introduced
15
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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
Republican · WI · Senator
Votes with party: 74.3% (869 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Conservative Groups$1,456k

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Cosponsors (15)

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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

2026-08-06

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access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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

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Government Operations and Politics
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