1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Truth in Regulations Act of 2017 . 2. Agency Standards for Guidance Documents (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget. (2) Agency The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. (3) Guidance document The term guidance document — (A) means an agency statement of general applicability and future effect, other than a regulatory action, that sets forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue or an interpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue; and (B) does not include— (i) a legal advisory opinion for internal executive branch use and not for release (such as Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel opinions); (ii) a brief or other position taken by an agency in an investigation, pre-litigation, litigation, or other enforcement proceeding; (iii) a speech, editorial, media interview, press material, or congressional correspondence; (iv) a guidance document that relates to a military or foreign affairs function of the United States (other than a guidance document on procurement or the import or export of non-defense articles and services); (v) a grant solicitation, warning letter, or case or investigatory letter responding to a complaint involving a fact-specific determination; (vi) a purely internal agency policy; (vii) a guidance document that relates to the use, operation, or control of a government facility; (viii) an internal guidance document directed solely to other agencies