Guidance Out Of Darkness Act
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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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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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2021 · second_quarter · Government Issues
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2021 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Issues regarding transparency of regulatory and guidance documents: H.R. 1605/S.628 Guidance Out Of Darkness (GOOD) Act. Issues regarding eliminating earmarks: Earmark Elimination Act (unnumbered draft). Issues regarding role of CDC - no specific legislation. Issues regarding use of excess government space: Eliminate Agency Excess Space Act (unnumbered draft).
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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| John Cornyn | Republican | TX |
| Joni Ernst | Republican | IA |
| Kevin Cramer | Republican | ND |
| Lindsey Graham | Republican | SC |
| Mike Braun | Republican | IN |
| Mike Lee | Republican | UT |
| Rand Paul | Republican | KY |
| Ted Cruz | Republican | TX |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |