Search Results: keywords:"guidance documents"

  • H. R. 7198 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,666

    H.R. 7198, known as the "Prove It Act of 2024," aims to increase transparency in federal regulatory decisions affecting small businesses. The bill requires agencies to analyze potential indirect costs of proposed rules on small businesses and allows small entities to challenge agency...

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    H.R. 7198, the "Prove It Act of 2024," wants to make sure small businesses know how new rules might affect them by having government groups explain their plans better and let small businesses say if they think they're being hurt.

  • H. R. 890 — An Act To increase access to agency guidance documents.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:1,119

    The "Guidance Out Of Darkness Act" (GOOD Act) aims to improve public access to government agency guidance documents by requiring them to be published online in one centralized location. The bill mandates that both newly issued and previously existing guidance documents be...

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    The Guidance Out Of Darkness Act wants to make it easy for everyone to find important information from government agencies by putting all their instructions and advice online in one place. It makes sure that all the new and old instructions are there, unless they are secret for special reasons.

  • H. R. 890 — To increase access to agency guidance documents.
    Status:Reported in House
    Words:1,222

    H.R. 890, known as the "Guidance Out of Darkness Act of 2023" or the "GOOD Act of 2023," aims to make agency guidance documents more accessible to the public. The bill requires that all new and existing guidance documents be published on a single, publicly accessible website...

    Simple Explanation

    The GOOD Act of 2023 wants all important papers from government agencies to be easy for everyone to find on one website, even if they've been canceled, so people can see them and know what's going on.

  • H. R. 7198 — An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:2,610

    The Prove It Act of 2024 aims to enhance transparency in federal regulations impacting small businesses by amending title 5 of the United States Code. It introduces specific procedures for reviewing rules to ensure they don't unduly burden small enterprises. This includes...

    Simple Explanation

    The Prove It Act of 2024 is a new rule that helps small businesses by making sure they know about changes to rules that might affect them, letting them ask for help if they think a rule is bad for them, and warning big rule makers to explain what they're doing and let people say what they think.