US Congress House Bill 4231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 19)
Status: Introduced on November 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

BEST Act Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act This bill requires a federal agency, to the extent it is making a decision based on science when issuing a rule, to use scientific information, technical procedures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models in a manner that is consistent with the best available science and the intended use of the information, based on the weight of the scientific evidence. Each federal agency shall make available to the public: (1) all of its notices, determinations, findings, rules, consent agreements, and orders in connection with a rule; (2) a nontechnical summary of each risk evaluation conducted in connection with a rule; and (3) a list of the studies considered by the agency in carrying out each evaluation, along with the results of those studies.

BEST Act Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act

Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Gary Palmer [R-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
2017-11-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-11-02	House	Introduced in House

SB578 (Same As) 2017-03-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4231/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4231/BILLS-115hr4231ih.pdf