Scientific Integrity Act
Official title: To amend the America COMPETES Act to establish certain scientific integrity policies for Federal agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee scientific research, and for other purposes.
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Scientific Integrity Act
This bill requires each federal agency that funds, conducts, or oversees scientific research to adopt and enforce a scientific integrity policy.
Under the bill, among other parameters, such policies must (1) ensure that scientific conclusions are not based on political considerations, (2) prohibit the suppression or alteration of findings, and (3) permit researchers to disseminate their findings and engage with the scientific community as appropriate. Scientific integrity policies must also include a mechanism through which stakeholders may report violations of the policy.
Agencies are required to submit their scientific integrity policies to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for approval. Approved policies must be made public, submitted to Congress, and periodically updated. Agencies may use their existing policies provided they satisfy the requirements of the bill. The Government Accountability Office must review implementation of the policies.
Each agency is also required to (1) appoint a Scientific Integrity Officer, (2) establish a process for dispute resolution consistent with the scientific integrity policy, and (3) establish a specified training program for current and new employees.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- DEPARTMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- DEPARTMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1106: Scientific Integrity Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1106/
"H.R. 1106: Scientific Integrity Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1106/.
H.R. 1106, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1106/.
[H.R. 1106: Scientific Integrity Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1106/)