,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,smith of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,stewart1 and ,mrs4 ,lummis7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1  
and ,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
certain procedures in the conduct by the
 ,environmental ,protection ,agency of  
its study of the potential impacts of   
hydraulic fracturing on drinking water  
resources4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,,epa ,hydraulic    
,fracturing ,study ,improvement ,act4   
#b4 ,,epa hydraulic fracturing research 
,in conducting its study of the         
potential impacts of hydraulic          
fracturing on drinking water resources1 
with respect to which a request for     
information was issued under ,federal   
,register ,vol4 #gg1 ,no4 #bah1 the     
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall adhere to the 
following requirements3  7#a7 ,peer     

review and information quality ,prior to
 issuance and dissemination of any final
 report or any interim report           
summarizing the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency's research on the   
relationship between hydraulic          
fracturing and drinking water1 the      
,administrator shall--  7,a7 consider   
such reports to be ,highly ,influential 
,scientific ,assessments and require    
peer review of such reports in          
accordance with guidelines governing    
such assessments1 as described in--  7i7
 the ,environmental ,protection         
,agency's ,peer ,review ,handbook #crd  
,edition2  7ii7 the ,environmental      
,protection ,agency's ,scientific       
,integrity ,policy1 as in effect on the 
date of enactment of this ,act2 and     
7iii7 the ,office of ,management and    
,budget's ,peer ,review ,bulletin1 as in
 effect on the date of enactment of this
 ,act2 and  7,b7 require such reports to
 meet the standards and procedures for  
the dissemination of influential        

scientific1 financial1 or statistical   
information set forth in the            
,environmental ,protection ,agency's    
,guidelines for ,ensuring and           
,maximizing the ,quality1 ,objectivity1 
,utility1 and ,integrity of ,information
 ,disseminated by the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency1 developed in       
response to guidelines issued by the    
,office of ,management and ,budget under
 section #eae7;a7 of the ,treasury and  
,general ,government ,appropriations    
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjja 7,public   
,law #ajf-eed74  7#b7 ,probability1     
uncertainty1 and consequence ,in order  
to maximize the quality and utility of  
information developed through the study1
 the ,administrator shall ensure that   
identification of the possible impacts  
of hydraulic fracturing on drinking     
water resources included in such reports
 be accompanied by objective estimates  
of the probability1 uncertainty1 and    
consequence of each identified impact1  
taking into account the risk management 

practices of ,states and industry4      
,estimates or descriptions of           
probability1 uncertainty1 and           
consequence shall be as quantitative as 
possible given the validity1 accuracy1  
precision1 and other quality attributes 
of the underlying data and analyses1 but
 no more quantitative than the data and 
analyses can support4