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S. Rept. 114-69 1 (2015-06-22)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsps0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 124 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 114-69 SECRET SCIENCE REFORM ACT OF 2015 JUNE 22, 2015.-Ordered to be printed Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany S. 544] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred a bill (S. 544) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or repro- ducible, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND Current law does not guarantee that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory actions are based on the best available science, nor does it ensure the science used is transparent or inde- pendently verifiable. While numerous Administration policies and guidance recommend such safeguards, they fall short of meeting the open access and integrity standards for sound science. Aside from EPA-generated science, the Agency primarily relies on studies that have been conducted outside the Agency and peer reviewed. However, in many cases peer reviewers do not have ac- cess to underlying data and therefore cannot verify the findings of the studies under review. In 2014, a survey of experts in risk anal- ysis and toxicology released by George Mason University found 49-010

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