Show Me the Science Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9249

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the publication of 
scientific data, incident data, or other pertinent data relied on by an 
                       agency to justify a rule.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2024

  Mr. Edwards (for himself and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the publication of 
scientific data, incident data, or other pertinent data relied on by an 
                       agency to justify a rule.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Show Me the Science Act''.

SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(f)(1) The publication of a rule under subsection (d) shall 
include the scientific data, incident data, or other pertinent data 
relied on by the agency to justify the rule, except in the case that 
the head of the agency--
                    ``(A) determines, on a nondelegable basis, that 
                publication of such data would impede public safety or 
                security;
                    ``(B) submits to the Administrator of the Office of 
                Information and Regulatory Affairs (referred to in this 
                subsection as the `Administrator') a notification 
                disclosing the reasons for the determination under 
                subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(C) publishes such notification, consistent with 
                public safety, security, and privacy interests, in the 
                Federal Register.
    ``(2) The Administrator shall issue guidance for agencies on 
compliance with this section and shall monitor such compliance.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `scientific data' means recorded 
factual material that is commonly accepted in the scientific community 
and is of sufficient quality to validate and replicate research 
findings.''.
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