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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 publish a guidance document on the agency's website on the day the guidance document is issued. All guidance documents issued by an agency during the last 10 years must be published in a single location on the agency's website. On the day a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must indicate that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.</p>]]></text>
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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 website that provides access to the guidance documents on regulations.gov.</p> <p>The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories. </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 On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on regulations.gov that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.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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