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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-63
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD REFORM ACT OF 2017
MARCH 27, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1431]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 1431) to amend the Environmental Research,
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to pro-
vide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public
participation, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that
the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Com mittee Statem ent and Views ........................................................................... 2
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 6
Explanation of Am endm ents ................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 8
R oll C all V otes ........................................................................................................ 8
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 10
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 10
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 10
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 10
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 10
Federal Advisory Com m ittee Act ............................................................................ 10
Unfunded M andate Statem ent ............................................................................... 10
Earm ark Identification ............................................................................................ 10
Com m ittee E stim ate ................................................................................................ 11
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .................... 11
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 12
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