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                        NOVEMBER 10, 2014  
 
                RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 113-57  

        TEXT OF H.R. 4012, SECRET SCIENCE REFORM  
                       ACT OF 2014  

        [Showing the text of the bill as ordered reported by the  
           Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.]  

1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  

2      This Act may be cited as the ``Secret Science Reform  

3  Act of 2014''.  

4  SEC. 2. DATA TRANSPARENCY.  

5      Section 6(b) of the Environmental Research, Devel-

6  opment, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978  

7  (42 U.S.C. 4363 note) is amended to read as follows:  

8       ``(b)(1) The Administrator shall not propose, finalize,  

9  or disseminate a covered action unless all scientific and  

10  technical information relied on to support such covered ac- 

11  tion is--  

12            ``(A) specifically identified; and  

13            ``(B) publicly available in a manner that is suf- 

14     ficient for independent analysis and substantial re- 

15     production of research results.  

16     ``(2) Nothing in the subsection shall be construed as  

17  requiring the public dissemination of information the dis- 

18  closure of which is prohibited by law.  



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