[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4012 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4012

    To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, 
  finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon 
            science that is not transparent or reproducible.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2014

Mr. Schweikert (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Hall, Mr. Broun of 
Georgia, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Bridenstine, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
   Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Olson, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
   Bucshon, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Brooks of 
    Alabama, Mr. Salmon, and Mr. Franks of Arizona) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
                             and Technology

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secret Science Reform Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. DATA TRANSPARENCY.

    Section 6(b) of the Environmental Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4363 note) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) The Administrator shall not propose, finalize, or 
disseminate a covered action unless all scientific and technical 
information relied on to support such covered action is--
            ``(A) specifically identified; and
            ``(B) publicly available in a manner that is sufficient for 
        independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research 
        results.
    ``(2) Nothing in the subsection shall be construed as requiring the 
public dissemination of information the disclosure of which is 
prohibited by law.
    ``(3) In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `covered action' means a risk, exposure, or 
        hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, 
        regulation, regulatory impact analysis, or guidance; and
            ``(B) the term `scientific and technical information' 
        includes--
                    ``(i) materials, data, and associated protocols 
                necessary to understand, assess, and extend 
                conclusions;
                    ``(ii) computer codes and models involved in the 
                creation and analysis of such information;
                    ``(iii) recorded factual materials; and
                    ``(iv) detailed descriptions of how to access and 
                use such information.''.
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