1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Health Guidance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023 . 2. CDC guidance documents The Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 317V of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–24 ) the following: 317W. CDC guidance documents (a) Good guidance practices (1) In general The Secretary acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall, by regulation, develop, establish, and maintain good guidance practices setting forth the policies and procedures of the Centers for the development, issuance, dissemination, and use of guidance documents. (2) Contents The regulation required by paragraph (1) shall— (A) incorporate each requirement of subsections (b) through (k); and (B) require guidance documents to be developed with public participation. (3) Initial regulation The Secretary shall— (A) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Public Health Guidance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023 , initiate the rulemaking process for the initial regulation under paragraph (1); and (B) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Public Health Guidance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023 , finalize such regulation. (b) No creation, conferring, restricting, or revoking of rights, responsibilities, or liabilities Guidance documents of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may present views on matters under the jurisdiction of the Centers, but shall not— (1) create, confer, restrict, or revoke any rights, responsibilities, or liabilities for or on any person; (2) be treated (including in any civil or criminal proceeding) as having the force and effect of law; or (3) include any provision that— (A) is binding on the public or a State, local, Tribal, or Territorial government