,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcgh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #bj1       
#bjah,mr4 ,luetkemeyer 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mr4        
,norman1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,mississippi1   
,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 and ,mrs4     
,wagner7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require a guidance clarity  
statement on certain agency documents4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,guidance ,clarity ,act of      
#bjah4  #b4 ,guidance clarity statement 
required  7a7 ,in general ,a head of an 
agency shall include a guidance clarity 
statement as described in subsection 7b7
 on any document the head of the agency 
issues that--  7#a7 is not issued in    
accordance with the rule making process 
set forth in section #eec of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code2 and  7#b7 advises
 the public of the agency's             
interpretation of a statute or          

regulation that the agency administers1 
or advises the public of the manner in  
which the agency intends to exercise a  
discretionary power4  7b7 ,contents of  
guidance clarity statement ,any guidance
 clarity statement required under       
subsection 7a7 shall be displayed       
prominently on the first page of the    
document and shall include the          
following3 ,this document has not been  
issued in accordance with the rule      
making process set forth in section #eec
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 and
 therefore it is not legally binding4   
,noncompliance with any standard1       
expectation1 or requirement described in
 this document does not definitively    
establish the violation of a statute or 
regulation44  7c7 ,agency defined ,in   
this section1 the term agency has the   
meaning given that term in section #eea 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4