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Eric Burlison (R-MO)

Guidance Clarity Act of 2025

H.R. 2409 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Republican bill with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 7 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 490.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the ``Guidance Clarity Act of 2025'', aims to change how federal agencies issue guidance documents. It requires agencies to include a specific clarity statement on certain types of guidance issued under title 5 of the United States Code. This statement must clearly note that the document does not have the force of law and does not bind the public or the agency. The required statement must be displayed prominently on the first page of the document. Finally, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is tasked with issuing implementation guidance for this Act.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The bill increases transparency by requiring agencies to explicitly state that their guidance documents do not have the force of law.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.