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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="4638" measure-id="id116s4638" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2020-09-22" update-date="2020-12-04">
<title>Science and Transparency Over Politics Act</title>
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<action-date>2020-09-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Science and Transparency Over Politics Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee to appoint a task force to investigate political interference with decisions made by scientific agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, such as pressure placed on the Food and Drug Administration to reach a certain outcome related to a drug or device to treat or prevent COVID-19. This committee, which is made up of inspectors general of certain federal agencies, conducts and supports oversight of the federal government's COVID-19 response efforts.</p>]]></summary-text>
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