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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6329 
To ensure that Federal agencies rely on the best reasonably available sci-
entific, technical, demographic, economic, and statistical information and 
evidence to develop, issue or inform the public of the nature and bases 
of Federal agency rules and guidance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2025 
Mrs. MCCLAIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that Federal agencies rely on the best reasonably 
available scientific, technical, demographic, economic, and 
statistical information and evidence to develop, issue or 
inform the public of the nature and bases of Federal 
agency rules and guidance, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Information Quality 
Assurance Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION QUALITY ASSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3522 INFORMATION QUALITY ASSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of the Information Quality Assur-
ance Act of 2025, the Director shall— 
‘‘(1) update the guidelines issued under the In-
formation Quality Act— 
‘‘(A) to provide policy and procedural guid-
ance to the heads of Federal agencies for better 
ensuring and maximizing the quality, objec-
tivity, utility, and integrity of influential infor-
mation or evidence— 
‘‘(i) used by the heads of Federal 
agencies to develop or issue rules and guid-
ance made available to the public; or 
‘‘(ii) disseminated to the public to in-
form the public about the nature and bases 
of such rules and guidance; and 
‘‘(B) in a manner consistent with— 
‘‘(i) this chapter; and 
‘‘(ii) the amendments made by the 
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy-
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making Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435; 
132 Stat. 5529); and 
‘‘(2) make the guidelines updated under para-
graph (1) available on the website of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF GUIDELINES.—Not later than 1 
year after the Director updates the guidelines under sub-
section (a), the head of each Federal agency to which the 
guidelines apply shall— 
‘‘(1) update any guidelines issued by the head 
of the Federal agency under the Information Quality 
Act to ensure that, in the case of influential infor-
mation or evidence, the best reasonably available in-
formation and evidence that is fit-for-purpose is re-
lied on in developing, issuing, or informing the pub-
lic about the rules and guidance of the Federal 
agency; 
‘‘(2) publish the guidelines updated by the head 
of the Federal agency under paragraph (1) on the 
website of the Federal agency; 
‘‘(3) ensure the administrative mechanisms es-
tablished under subparagraph (B) of subsection 
(b)(2) of the Information Quality Act are made 
available, as applicable, with respect to seeking and 
obtaining the correction of any influential informa-
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tion or evidence disseminated by agencies that the 
Federal agency uses to develop or issue a rule or 
guidance made available to the public, or to inform 
the public of the nature and basis of any rule or 
guidance of the Federal agency, that does not com-
ply with the guidelines issued under paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(4) include in the report required under sub-
paragraph (C) of subsection (b)(2) of the Informa-
tion Quality Act the information described under 
that subparagraph with respect to any complaints 
received by the Federal agency related to the accu-
racy of influential information or evidence the Fed-
eral agency uses to develop, issue, or inform the 
public of the nature and bases of rules or guidance. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Director shall issue guidance, which may be in-
cluded in the guidelines updated under sub-
section (a), that directs the head of the Federal 
agency to make available, except as provided 
under paragraph (2), in the docket for the rule-
making of any rule of the Federal agency, or in 
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