Guidance Clarity Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 738.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Guidance Clarity Act of 2023
This bill requires federal agencies to state on the first page of guidance documents that such guidance (1) does not have the force and effect of law, and (2) is intended only to provide clarity to the public about existing legal requirements or agency policies.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2023 to Sep 18, 2023; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Jul 17, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 18, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2023Markup Sep 20, 2023Reported Dec 18, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-903.
- Dec 18, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 738.
- Sep 20, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 20, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 19.
- Jun 30, 2023Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 19, 2023H.R. 4428, Guidance Clarity ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on September 20, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 114, June 30, 2023, page H3161.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 108 | Guidance Clarity Act of 2023 | Identical bill | May 9, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Guidance Clarity Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Guidance Clarity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Reported in House
- Jun 30, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
