3.0.0 544 2023-01-11T13:28:18Z 2023-01-11T13:28:18Z Senate S 2015-02-24 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2015-06-22T20:09:33Z Markup by 2015-04-28T14:00:00Z Referred to 2015-02-24T21:17:11Z S. Rept. 114-69 Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 114 1030 HR 2015-03-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Identical bill CRS Related bill House 2015-06-22 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124. Calendars 2015-06-22 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment. With written report No. 114-69. Minority views filed. Committee 2015-06-22 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment. With written report No. 114-69. Minority views filed. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2015-04-28 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2015-02-24 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-02-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2015-02-24 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2015-02-24 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2015-02-24 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2015-02-24 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2015-02-24 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2015-02-24 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2015-02-24 True 2015-06-08T12:11:38Z S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50278 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 28, 2015 Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Government information and archives Research administration and funding Environmental Protection 00 2015-02-24 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-16T18:56:35Z Secret Science Reform Act of 2015

This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is the best available science, specifically identified, and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. A covered action includes a risk, exposure, or hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, regulation, regulatory impact analysis, or guidance.

]]> 01 2015-06-22 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2016-08-10T22:30:44Z Secret Science Reform Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is the best available science, specifically identified, and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. A "covered action" includes a risk, exposure, or hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, regulation, regulatory impact analysis, or guidance.

The EPA must carry out the bill in a manner that does not exceed $1 million per fiscal year.

]]> Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 Display Title Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 S Senate Reported to Senate 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s544rs/xml/BILLS-114s544rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s544is/xml/BILLS-114s544is.xml 2015-06-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.