HR 4231 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures General science and technology matters Scientific communication

BEST Act

Introduced: November 2, 2017 Introduced by: Norman, Ralph Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Nov 2, 2017

Introduced in House

Nov 2, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act or the BEST Act

This bill requires a federal agency, to the extent it is making a decision based on science when issuing a rule, to use scientific information, technical procedures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models in a manner that is consistent with the best available science and the intended use of the information, based on the weight of the scientific evidence.

Each federal agency shall make available to the public: (1) all of its notices, determinations, findings, rules, consent agreements, and orders in connection with a rule; (2) a nontechnical summary of each risk evaluation conducted in connection with a rule; and (3) a list of the studies considered by the agency in carrying out each evaluation, along with the results of those studies.

What's happening now November 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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