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S 1794 115th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Government information and archives Research administration and funding

HONEST Act

Introduced: September 12, 2017 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Sep 12, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 12, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017 or the HONEST Act

This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support the action is the best available science, specifically identified, and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. Covered actions are risk, exposure, or hazard assessments, criteria documents, standards, limitations, regulations, regulatory impact analyses, or guidance. Personally identifiable information, trade secrets, or commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential must be redacted prior to public availability.

The EPA may use an existing website maintained by another federal agency to make the scientific and technical information available.

What's happening now September 12, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Sep 12, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1794: HONEST Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1794/
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