,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gfj  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dhji  ,report ,no4 #aae-igb  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,january #af1 #bjah ,mr4 ,walker        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform      
,september #be1 #bjah;,additional       
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1    
,mr4 ,jones1 and ,mr4 ,rokita           
,september #be1 #bjah ,reported with an 
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,january 
#af1 #bjah  ,a ,,bill  ,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           
,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 the publicly         
accessible ,federal ,government website 
7commonly known as regulations4gov7     
described under section #bjf7;d7 of the 
,e-,government ,act of #bjjb 7,public   
,law #ajg-cdg2 #dd ,u4,s4,c4 #ceja      
note74  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 ,federal        
,government website 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  #c4 ,rule of   
construction ,in this ,act1 the term    
guidance document shall be construed    

broadly4  #d4 ,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  #e4 ,effective date     
,this ,act shall take effect on the date
 that is #ahj days after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4  ,september    
#be1 #bjah,reported with an amendment1  
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed