S. 252 · On the floor · Government Operations and Politics

GOOD Act

Sponsor: Ron Johnson (R-WI)

What it does

• Require agencies to publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued.
• Mandate agencies publish all in-effect guidance documents in a single location on a designated website.
• Require agencies to display a hyperlink on their main website providing access to guidance documents.
• Require agencies to indicate on the guidance website whether a document has been rescinded.

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access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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

Latest action

Sep 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.

Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs