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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WALKER:H.R. 4809.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:in Article I, Section 1, Clause 1; Article 1, Section 8,Clause 18; and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7.[Page H404]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires an agency to: (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 regulations.gov, and (3) display a hyperlink on its online portal that provides access to the guidance documents on regulations.gov.</p> <p>The documents must be identified as guidance documents, sorted into subcategories, published in a machine-readable and open format, and searchable. </p> <p> On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on regulations.gov that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded. </p>]]></text>
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