,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ba1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,bucshon introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to require that scientific       
studies used in a rule making be        
published1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,transparency in ,rule ,making ,when
 ,using ,scientific ,testing ,act of    
#bjae4  #b4 ,required publication of    
scientific studies  7a7 ,in general     
,section #eec7;b7 of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
paragraph 7#b71 by striking and2  7#b7  
in paragraph 7#c71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#d7 any scientific research
 of which the agency is aware and which 
is relevant to the rule making4  4  7b7 
,definition ,section #eea of title #e1  

,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in paragraph 7#ac71 by striking and2   
7#b7 in paragraph 7#ad71 by striking the
 period at the end and inserting 2 and2 
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#ae7 scientific study means
 a study that-- 7,a7 applies rigorous1  
systematic1 and objective methodology to
 obtain reliable and valid knowledge    
relevant to the subject matter involved2
  7,b7 presents findings and makes      
claims that are appropriate to1 and     
supported by1 the methods that have been
 employed2 and  7,c7 includes1          
appropriate to the research being       
conducted--  7i7 use of systematic1     
empirical methods that draw on          
observation or experiment2  7ii7 use of 
data analyses that are adequate to      
support the general findings2  7iii7    
reliance on measurements or             
observational methods that provide      
reliable and generalizable findings2    
7iv7 strong claims of causal            
relationships1 only with research       

designs that eliminate plausible        
competing explanations for observed     
results1 such as1 but not limited to1   
random-assignment experiments2  7v7     
presentation of studies and methods in  
sufficient detail and clarity to allow  
for replication or1 at a minimum1 to    
offer the opportunity to build          
systematically on the findings of the   
research2  7vi7 acceptance by a         
peer-reviewed journal or critique by a  
panel of independent experts through a  
comparably rigorous1 objective1 and     
scientific review2 and  7vii7           
consistency of findings across multiple 
studies or sites to support the         
generality of results and conclusions4  
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