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HRES 954 111th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Atmospheric science and weather Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fraud offenses and financial crimes International organizations and cooperation

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the scientific protocols, data collection methods, and peer review standards for climate change research which are necessary to preclude future infringements of the public trust.

Introduced: December 8, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Dec 8, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Dec 8, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H13605-13606)
Dec 8, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the establishment of scientific protocols and a robust oversight mechanism governing an infrastructure of observing, monitoring, measuring, and verification technologies, data collection methods, and peer review standards is necessary to preclude future infringements of public trust by scientific falsification and fraud; and (2) climate change research information provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should meet federal standards for scientific research as defined by the National Science and Technology Council and the National Academy of Sciences before being used as the basis for action by the U.S. government.

What's happening now December 8, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.

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