Sound Science for Farmers Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3719
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2024-02-01
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3719 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 1, 2024 Mr. Budd (for himself and Mr. Manchin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to revise the duties of the Science Advisory Board, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sound Science for Farmers Act of 2024 . 2. Science Advisory Board Section 8 of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 4365 ) is amended— (1) by striking the section designation and all that follows through Protection Agency in subsection (a) and inserting the following: 8. Science Advisory Board (a) Establishment; requests for advice The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) ; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting (referred to in this section as the Board ) after Advisory Board ; and (B) by striking requested by and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: requested by— (1) the Administrator; (2) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; (3) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; (4) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; (5) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; (6) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; (7) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; or (8) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. ; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking (b) Such Board and inserting the following: (b) Membership; chairman; meetings; qualifications (1) In general The Board ; and (B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking Each member and inserting the following: (2) Qualifications Each member ; (4) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking (c)(1) The Administrator and inserting the following: (c) Provision of certain documentation; advice and comments of Board (1) Provision to Board The Administrator ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting or draft risk or hazard assessment, after any proposed ; (ii) by inserting ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ) after Clean Air Act ; (iii) by inserting ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. ) after Pollution Control Act ; (iv) by striking Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and inserting Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. ) (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ) ; (v) by inserting of 1972 ( 42 U.S.C. 4901 et seq. ) after Noise Control Act ; (vi) by inserting ( 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. ) after Substances Control Act ; (vii) by inserting ( 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq. ) after Water Act ; (viii) by striking formal ; and (ix) by inserting or draft risk or hazard assessment, after such proposed ; and (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking (2) The Board and inserting the following: (2) Advice and comments of Board (A) In general The Board ; (ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by inserting or draft risk or hazard assessment, after basis of the proposed ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (B) Inclusions in record Any advice or comments made available by the Board under subparagraph (A), including any dissenting views of members of the Board, and the response of the Administrator to the advice, comments, or dissenting views shall be— (i) included in the record with respect to the applicable proposed or draft risk or hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, or regulation; and (ii) published in the Federal Register. ; (5) in subsection (d), by striking (d) In preparing such advice and comments and inserting the following: (d) Use of technical and scientific capabilities of Federal agencies and national environmental laboratories for determining adequacy of scientific and technical basis of proposed documentation In preparing advice and comments under subsection (c)(2) ; (6) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the following: (D) Requirements With respect to a risk assessment or risk management activity that may have an impact on the agricultural or food safety sector of the United States, the Administrator may not issue or peer review a draft or final assessment intended for inclusion in the Integrated Risk Information System, nor may the Administrator issue or peer review a draft or final risk evaluation or regulation under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2605 ), unless— (i) the draft or final assessment, evaluation, or regulation has been provided in advance to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Small Business Administration— (I) for a period of not less than 90 days; and (II) in a manner consistent with— (aa) Executive Order 12866 ( 5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory planning and review); and (bb) the docketing requirements described in section 411 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2691 ); (ii) the draft or final assessment, evaluation, or regulation has been fully reviewed, including for scientific quality, transparency, reproducibility of key results, consistency with real world exposure scenarios, and potential effects on the agricultural sector, by the standing agriculture-related committee established under subparagraph (A)(i); and (iii) the Administrator— (I) has notified the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Energy and Natural Resources, and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives in writing at the commencement of the issuance or peer review process with respect to the draft or final assessment, evaluation, or regulation; and (II) submitted to those committees a written report on the results of the issuance or peer review process. ; (7) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking (f)(1) Upon the recommendation and inserting the following: (f) Personnel matters (1) Personnel (A) Appointment On the recommendation ; (B) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking The compensation and inserting the following: (B) Compensation The compensation ; and (C) in paragraph (2), by striking (2) Members of the Board and inserting the following: (2) Compensation of Board members Members of the Board ; (8) in subsection (g)— (A) by striking (g) In carrying out and inserting the following: (g) Consultation and coordination In carrying out ; (B) by striking its activities with the Scientific and inserting the following: the activities of the Board with— (1) the Scientific ; (C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking , as amended. and inserting ( 7 U.S.C. 136w(d) ); and ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals established by the Administrator under section 26(o) of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2625(o) ). ; and (9) in subsection (i), by inserting Science, Space, and Technology, after Transportation and Infrastructure, .