3.0.0 578 2023-01-11T13:36:18Z 2023-01-11T13:36:18Z Senate S 2017-03-08 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-08T20:33:49Z BEST Act 115 4231 HR 2017-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-08 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-03-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2017-03-09 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2017-04-05 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures General science and technology matters Scientific communication Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-03-08 Introduced in Senate 2017-08-19T14:52:59Z Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act or the BEST Act

This bill requires a federal agency, to the extent it is making a decision based on science when issuing a rule, to use scientific information, technical procedures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models in a manner that is consistent with the best available science and the intended use of the information, based on the weight of the scientific evidence.

Each federal agency shall make available to the public: (1) all of its notices, determinations, findings, rules, consent agreements, and orders in connection with a rule; (2) a nontechnical summary of each risk evaluation conducted in connection with a rule; and (3) a list of the studies considered by the agency in carrying out each evaluation, along with the results of those studies.

]]> BEST Act Display Title BEST Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide requirements for agency decision making based on science. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced BEST Act Short Titles as Introduced Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s578is/xml/BILLS-115s578is.xml 2017-03-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.