US Congress House Bill 1709 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 229-4)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-10-17 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 6.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises provisions regarding the release of scientific research results by federal agencies. The bill prohibits specified federal employees and contractors of an agency that funds, conducts, or oversees scientific research from engaging in scientific or research misconduct or manipulating communication of scientific or technical findings. A covered individual may disseminate scientific or technical findings by (1) participating in scientific conferences; and (2) seeking publication through peer-reviewed, professional, or scholarly journals. The bill specifies the kinds of scientific community activities covered individuals may participate and engage in, including the reviewing of public statements and responding to media interview requests. Each covered agency must develop, adopt, and enforce a scientific integrity policy and also must submit it to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Congress; appoint a Scientific Integrity Officer; and adopt and implement an administrative process and administrative appeal for dispute resolution and a training program that, among other things, provides regular scientific integrity and ethics training to employees and contractors. OSTP must collate, organize, and publicly share all information it receives under each scientific integrity policy on its website.

Scientific Integrity Act

Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]
Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]
Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. James Baird [R-IN]
Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-17	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 6.
2019-10-17	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-03-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-03-13	House	Introduced in House

SB775 (Related) 2019-03-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1709/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1709/BILLS-116hr1709ih.pdf