,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bbif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #aa1  
#bjah ,mr4 ,johnson introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,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 ,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 the whole
 or a part of an agency statement of    
general or particular applicability and 
future effect that--  7i7 is designed to
 implement1 interpret1 or prescribe law 
or policy or describing the             
organization1 procedure1 or practice    
requirements of an agency and includes  
the approval or prescription for the    

future of rates1 wages1 corporate or    
financial structures or reorganizations 
thereof1 prices1 facilities1 appliances1
 services or allowances therefor or of  
valuations1 costs1 or accounting1 or    
practices bearing on any of the         
foregoing2 and  7ii7 has not been issued
 through the notice and comment process 
under section #eec of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code2  7,b7 includes-- 7i7 a   
memorandum2  7ii7 a notice2  7iii7 a    
bulletin2  7iv7 a directive2  7v7 a news
 release2  7vi7 a letter2 and  7vii7 a  
blog post2 and  7,c7 does not include a 
rule1 as that term is defined in section
 #eea of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code4  #c4 ,publication of guidance    
documents on the ,internet  7a7 ,in     
general ,on the date on which an agency 
issues a guidance document1 the agency  
shall publish the guidance document on  
the ,internet website of the agency4    
7b7 ,previously issued guidance         
documents ,not later than #fj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1    

each agency shall publish on the        
,internet website of that agency any    
guidance document issued by that agency 
during the #aj-year period ending on the
 date of enactment of this ,act4  7c7   
,single location ,all guidance documents
 published under subsections 7a7 and 7b7
 by an agency shall be published in a   
single location on the ,internet website
 of the agency4  7d7 ,rescinded guidance
 documents ,on the date on which a      
guidance document issued by an agency is
 rescinded1 the agency shall-- 7#a7     
maintain the rescinded guidance document
 at the location described in subsection
 7c72 and  7#b7 at the location         
described in subsection 7c71 indicate-- 
7,a7 that the guidance document is      
rescinded2 and  7,b7 the date on which  
the guidance document was rescinded4