HR 1515
Passed a chamber
Requires federal agencies to publish their guidance documents, such as memos, notices, and letters that interpret or set policy without carrying the force of law, in one central online location.
Official title: GOOD Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
24-FEB-2025
Referred
24-FEB-2025
Passed
03-MAR-2025
Senate
Received
04-MAR-2025
- Requires each agency to post its guidance documents on the internet, with a hyperlink from the agency's own website to the central location.
- Directs the Office of Management and Budget to designate the central website within 90 days of enactment.
- Requires agencies to publish existing guidance documents within 180 days, and to mark rescinded documents as rescinded with the date and any related court case number.
- Exempts documents that are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and provides that noncompliance does not affect a guidance document's validity.
- Requires the Comptroller General to report on agency compliance within 5 years.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (24-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-MAR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
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