S. 1794 · 115th Congress
HONEST Act
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Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017 or the HONEST Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 12, 2017
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: HONEST Act
Also known as: Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017
Latest action (Sep 12, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 12, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.