To increase access to agency guidance documents.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To increase access to agency guidance documents., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Immigration, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H9C4A3D940FCA407EAA2AFA36A7A56EB7: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act.
- Section H72DACE83FC4F4DB089AB8DC04B2083CF: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. The term Director means the Director...
- Section H9270BED1D4F44B829F59ACA21286C841: 3. Publication of guidance documents on the internet Subject to section 5, on the date on which an agency issues a guidance document, the agency shall publish...
- Section HC1FB2F9B81304CF7AB50281924B82323: 4. Single location All guidance documents published under section 3 by an agency shall be published in a single location on an internet website designated by...
- Section H8849A142A9DD4403B6BFC22CEB83CFE9: 5. Documents and information exempt from disclosure under FOIA If a guidance document issued by an agency is a document that is exempt from disclosure under...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To increase access to agency guidance documents., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Immigration, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To increase access to agency guidance documents., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …
Additional sponsors: Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Burlison, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Khanna, …
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Comer (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Higgins …
Mr. Comer (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Higgins …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional oversight committees, Federal agencies, Federal agencies with sensitive operations
Federal agencies faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, Federal agencies with sensitive operations
Negative-direction: Government Accountability Office, Office of Management and Budget
Regulated businesses and legal professionals, Regulated entities
Entities challenging guidance documents, Legal and compliance professionals
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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