[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4557 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4557

 To prohibit the termination of advisory committees before the end of 
    their charter unless authorized by law, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2019

   Mr. Casten of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Quigley) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the termination of advisory committees before the end of 
    their charter unless authorized by law, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Preserve Science in Policymaking Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

    Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) An advisory committee created under paragraphs (1) or (2) of 
section 9(a) may not be terminated by the President, the head of an 
agency, or any officer of the Federal Government before the end of the 
charter of the advisory committee unless--
            ``(1) the termination is authorized by law; or
            ``(2) the termination is unanimously approved by the Chief 
        Data Officer, Chief Evaluation Officer, and Chief Information 
        Officer of the relevant agency.
    ``(e) Before the termination of an advisory committee under 
subsection (d)(2) and not later than 60 days before the date on which 
the advisory committee is scheduled to be terminated, the head of the 
relevant agency shall submit to Congress a notification of such 
termination and provide for a public notice and comment period.''.
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