,,ii  ,calendar ,no4 #ehf #aaeth        
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dhji
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,september #bg1      
#bjah,received2 read twice and placed on
 the calendar  ,,an ,,act  ,to increase 
access to agency guidance documents4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,guidance ,out ,of ,darkness    
,act or the ,,good ,act4  #b4 ,purpose  
,it is the purpose of this ,act to      
increase the transparency of agency     
guidance documents and to make guidance 
documents more readily available to the 
public4  #c4 ,publication of guidance   
documents on the internet  7a7 ,in      
general ,on the date on which an agency 
issues a guidance document1 the head of 
the agency shall publish the guidance   
document in accordance with subsection  
7c74  7b7 ,previously issued guidance   
documents ,with respect to any guidance 
document issued by an agency before the 
effective date of this ,act that is in  
effect on the effective date of this    

,act1 the head of each agency shall meet
 the requirements of subsection 7c74    
7c7 ,single location ,the head of each  
agency shall3 7#a7 ,publish any guidance
 document issued by the agency in a     
single location on an online portal     
designated by the ,director of the      
,office of ,management and ,budget4     
7#b7 ,with respect to a guidance        
document issued by an agency1 include a 
hyperlink on the online portal of the   
agency that provides access to the      
guidance document published pursuant to 
paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,ensure that any  
guidance document published pursuant to 
paragraph 7#a7 is-- 7,a7 clearly        
identified as a guidance document2  7,b7
 sorted into subcategories1 as          
appropriate2  7,c7 published in a       
machine-readable and open format2 and   
7,d7 searchable4  7#d7 ,ensure that any 
hyperlink described in paragraph 7#b7 be
 prominently displayed on the online    
portal of the agency4  7d7 ,rescinded   
guidance documents ,not later than the  

date on which a guidance document issued
 by an agency is rescinded1 the head of 
the agency shall on the online portal   
described in subsection 7c77#a7--  7#a7 
maintain a copy of the rescinded        
guidance document2 and  7#b7 indicate-- 
7,a7 that the guidance document is      
rescinded2 and  7,b7 the date on which  
the guidance document was rescinded4    
7e7 ,deadline to designate portal ,not  
later than #cj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall designate an online   
portal in accordance with subsection    
7c77#a74  #d4 ,rules of construction    
7a7 ,guidance documents ,in this ,act1  
the term guidance document shall be     
construed broadly4  7b7 ,congressional  
review ,nothing in this ,act may be     
construed to affect whether a guidance  
document qualifies as a rule for        
purposes of chapter #h of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code4  #e4 ,definitions
 ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,agency ,the term  

agency has the meaning given that term  
in section #eea of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,guidance document 
,the term guidance document-- 7,a7 means
 an agency statement of general         
applicability 7other than a rule that   
has the force and effect of law         
promulgated in accordance with the      
notice and public procedure under       
section #eec of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code7 that--  7i7 does not have
 the force and effect of law2 and  7ii7 
sets forth--  7,i7 an agency decision or
 a policy on a statutory1 regulatory1 or
 technical issue2 or  7,,ii7 an         
interpretation of a statutory or        
regulatory issue2 and  7,b7 may include 
any of the following3 7i7 ,a memorandum4
  7ii7 ,a notice4  7iii7 ,a bulletin4   
7iv7 ,a directive4  7v7 ,a news release4
  7vi7 ,a letter4  7vii7 ,a blog post4  
7viii7 ,a no-action letter4  7ix7 ,a    
speech by an agency official4  7x7 ,an  
advisory4  7xi7 ,a manual4  7xii7 ,a    
circular4  7xiii7 ,any combination of   

the items described in clauses 7i7      
through 7xii74  7#c7 ,rule ,the term    
rule has the meaning given that term in 
section #eea of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code4  #f4 ,effective date     
,except as provided in section #c7;e71  
this ,act shall take effect on the date 
that is #ahj days after the date of the 
enactment of this ,act4  ,passed the    
,house of ,representatives ,september   
#bf1 #bjah4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk      
,september #bg1 #bjah,received2 read    
twice and placed on the calendar