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 — 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...

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    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. 822 — To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to publish guidance documents for certain rules, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:508

    H.R. 822 aims to amend the Small Business Act by requiring the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to make guidance documents available online for certain rules. This initiative, called the "POST IT Act of 2025," ensures that, whenever possible, hyperlinks to...

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    The POST IT Act of 2025 wants to help small businesses by making sure important rules are easy to find online, while still keeping secrets safe and not using extra money to do it.

  • S. 81 — To require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:360

    S. 81, titled the “Guidance Clarity Act of 2025,” requires that all federal agencies include a clarity statement on certain types of guidance they issue. This statement must be prominently displayed and explain that the document does not carry the force of law and is meant...

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    S. 81 is a rule that makes sure government papers explaining rules are clear that they are just for help and don’t change the law. This helps people know these papers are just trying to make things easier to understand!

  • 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. 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.

  • H. R. 1515 — To increase access to agency guidance documents.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,136

    H.R. 1515, known as the “Guidance Out Of Darkness Act” or the “GOOD Act,” sets rules for federal agencies to make their guidance documents more accessible to the public. It requires these documents, which offer guidance or interpretation of laws but do not have the force of...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants to make it easy for people to find and read the instructions and rules that different government agencies create. It says these instructions should all be put online in one place, like a big guidebook on the internet.

  • H. R. 1515 — An Act To increase access to agency guidance documents.
    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:1,126

    H.R. 1515, known as the "Guidance Out Of Darkness Act" or the "GOOD Act," aims to increase transparency and access to federal agency guidance documents. The Act requires agencies to publish all guidance documents online in a single location designated by the Director of the...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1515, also called the "GOOD Act," is a rule that says government agencies should put all their helpful advice and guidelines in one easy-to-find place online, like a big library on the internet, so everyone can see them unless they're secret.

  • H. R. 849 — To provide limitations for Federal agencies entering into settlement agreements and consent decrees, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:774

    H.R. 849, also known as the "No Regulation Through Litigation Act of 2025," aims to limit the authority of Federal agencies when entering settlement agreements and consent decrees. Specifically, it prohibits these agencies from agreeing to decrees that exceed a court’s...

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    H.R. 849 says that when big government offices in the U.S. settle lawsuits, they shouldn’t agree to do more than what the court can tell them to do, and they can’t pay lawyer fees that would lead to making new rules or guidelines.