Bill > HR1605

This bill, the Guidance Out Of Darkness Act (GOOD Act), aims to increase public access to agency guidance documents. The key provisions are: 1. It defines "guidance document" broadly to include various types of agency statements, such as memoranda, notices, and directives, that do not have the force and effect of law. 2. It requires agencies to publish all their existing guidance documents on a single website designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within 180 days of the bill's enactment, as well as publish any new guidance documents on the same website when they are issued. 3. It allows agencies to exclude from the publication requirement any guidance documents or information that are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. 4. It requires agencies to maintain and indicate the status of any rescinded guidance documents on the designated website. The overall purpose of the bill is to improve transparency and public access to agency guidance, which often provides important policy and interpretive information but may not go through the formal rulemaking process.