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Union Calendar No. 460 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4012 
[Report No. 113–619] 
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, 
or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that 
is not transparent or reproducible. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HALL, Mr. BROUN 
of Georgia, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. OLSON, 
Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 
PALAZZO, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. SALMON, and Mr. FRANKS of 
Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology 
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GOSAR, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. 
GARRETT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. MEADOWS, Mrs. MCMORRIS 
RODGERS, Mr. SCHOCK, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. KLINE, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
BARTON, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. FORBES, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. LUCAS, 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. ADERHOLT 
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from pro-
posing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assess-
ments based upon science that is not transparent or 
reproducible. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secret Science Reform 
Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. DATA TRANSPARENCY. 
Section 6(b) of the Environmental Research, Devel-
opment, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 
(42 U.S.C. 4363 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) The Administrator shall not propose, finalize, 
or disseminate a covered action unless all scientific and 
technical information relied on to support such covered ac-
tion is— 
‘‘(A) specifically identified; and 
‘‘(B) publicly available in a manner that is suf-
ficient for independent analysis and substantial re-
production of research results. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in the subsection shall be construed as 
requiring the public dissemination of information the dis-
closure of which is prohibited by law. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘covered action’ means a risk, ex-
posure, or hazard assessment, criteria document, 
standard, limitation, regulation, regulatory impact 
analysis, or guidance; and 
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‘‘(B) the term ‘scientific and technical informa-
tion’ includes— 
‘‘(i) materials, data, and associated proto-
cols necessary to understand, assess, and ex-
tend conclusions; 
‘‘(ii) computer codes and models involved 
in the creation and analysis of such informa-
tion; 
‘‘(iii) recorded factual materials; and 
‘‘(iv) detailed descriptions of how to access 
and use such information.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 460 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4012 
[Report No. 113–619] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency 
from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regu-
lations or assessments based upon science that is 
not transparent or reproducible. 
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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