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117TH CONGRESS 1 REPT. 117-373
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
NOAA CHIEF SCIENTIST ACT
JUNE 16, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3952]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 3952) to strengthen the role of the Chief Sci-
entist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in
order to promote scientific integrity and advance the Administra-
tion's world-class research and development portfolio, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. A m endm ent ............................................................................................... 2
II. Purpose of the Bill ...................................................................................... 3
III. Background and Need for the Legislation .............................................. 4
IV. Com m ittee H earings ................................................................................. 4
V. Committee Consideration and Votes ........................................................ . 5
VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill .................................................. 5
VII. Section-By-Section Analysis (By Title and Section) ................................. 5
VIII. Committee Views ........................................................................................ 6
IX . C ost E stim ate ............................................................................................ 6
X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................. 6
XI. Compliance with Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates) .................... 7
XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................... 7
XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives .................... 7
XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 7
XV. Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................. 7
XVI. Earm ark Identification ............................................................................. 7
XVII. Applicability to the Legislative Branch ................................................... 7
XVIII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law ...................... 7
XIX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, As Reported ...................... 7
XX. Exchange of Committee Correspondence ................................................. 12
XXI. Proceedings of Full Committee Markup .................................................... 14
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