,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #f1        
#bjai,mr4 ,neguse 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,bonamici1 and ,mr4 ,casten of          
,illinois7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the   
,america ,,competes ,act to prevent     
political interference in the           
communication of scientific research1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stop ,climate ,censorship ,act of      
#bjai4  #b4 ,prevention of political    
interference in the communication of    
scientific research ,title ,i of the    
,america ,,competes ,act is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  #ajaj4
 ,prevention of ,political ,interference
  7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj  
days after the date of the enactment of 
this section1 the ,director of the      
,office of ,science and ,technology     

,policy shall develop and issue         
policies1 consistent with established   
scientific integrity policies1 that     
require political appointees of each    
,federal civilian agency that conducts  
scientific research to publicly report  
on any action by such political         
appointee--  7#a7 to modify any         
scientific research or findings that are
 used to inform any agency communication
 to the public relating to climate      
change2 or  7#b7 to modify any agency   
communication to the public in a manner 
inconsistent with scientific research or
 findings relating to climate change4   
7b7 ,contents of report ,the report     
required under subsection 7a7 shall--   
7#a7 specify the specific individuals   
who were involved in the decision to    
take such action2  7#b7 describe the    
scientific evidence used to justify such
 decision2  7#c7 specify any other      
agency or individual consulted with     
respect to such decision2 and  7#d7 be  
provided by such political appointee to 

the appropriate committees of           
jurisdiction in ,congress for the       
respective agencies4  7c7 ,review of    
policies ,the ,director of the ,office  
of ,science and ,technology ,policy     
shall review and update as necessary the
 policies described in this section on a
 biennial basis4  7d7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,political appointee 
,the term political appointee means a   
,federal employee who holds--  7,a7 a   
position which has been excepted from   
the competitive service by reason of its
 confidential1 policy-determining1      
policy-making1 or policy-advocating     
character2 or  7,b7 a position in the   
,senior ,executive ,service as a        
noncareer appointee 7as such term is    
defined in section #cacb7;a7 of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code74  7#b7       
,climate change ,the term climate change
 means any change in the state of the   
global climate that can be identified by
 changes in the mean or the variability 
of its properties1 and that persists for

 an extended period1 typically decades  
or longer4  4