# 116-hr-7396: GOOD Act

116-hr-7396, GOOD Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] (R-NC); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7396
- Congress: 116
- Title: GOOD Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-06-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must (1) publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, (2) publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, (3) display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded. The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] (R-KY), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-7710: Open Schools Responsibly Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7396 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7396)

## Related
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-7710: Open Schools Responsibly Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7710)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7396 (as of 2025-11-18).