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Guidance Clarity Act of 2025 (S-81) · Congress.wiki

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November 3, 2025

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January 13, 2025

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Requires federal agencies to place a short, standardized “guidance clarity statement” on certain agency guidance documents, using exact wording and placement specified by the law. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue implementing guidance within a set period after enactment; agencies must begin using the statement 30 days after OMB issues that guidance.

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Business meeting to consider S.854, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish the Life Sciences Research Security Board, S.855, to require executive branch employees to report certain royalties, S.269, to improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, S.81, to require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, S.861, to streamline the sharing of information among Federal disaster assistance agencies, to expedite the delivery of life-saving assistance to disaster survivors, to speed the recovery of communities from disasters, to protect the security and privacy of information provided by disaster survivors, S.766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S.727, to correct the inequitable denial of enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers, S.874, to ensure that whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected from retaliation when a Federal employee orders a reprisal, S.594, to amend the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, S.865, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, S.856, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act, S.850, to amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and the northern border strategy, S.848, to provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and S.572, to enhance the effectiveness of the Shadow Wolves Program; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider S.1498, to amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prohibit transactions involving certain financial instruments by Members of Congress, the nominations of Pedro Allende, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security, Christopher Fox, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Edward Aloysius O'Connell, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsDirksen Senate Office Building, 342Jul 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsDirksen Senate Office Building, 342Mar 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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January 13, 2025 (1 year ago)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Guidance Clarity Act of 2025

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Introduced January 13, 2025 by James Lankford · Last progress 1 year ago

Missourirepresentative·Eric Burlison

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7 cosponsors·Updated 2 hours ago·Last progress March 27, 2025