United States · Bill · S
S. 4693 (116th)
BEST Act
Introduced
24 September 2020
Last action
24 September 2020 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act or the BEST Act This bill requires federal agencies to use the best available scientific information during rulemaking and publish specified documentation of the rulemaking process. Specifically, the bill requires a federal agency, to the extent it is making a decision based on science when issuing a rule, to use scientific information, technical procedures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models in a manner that is consistent with the best available science and the intended use of the information, based on the weight of the scientific evidence. Each federal agency shall make available to the public (1) all of its notices, determinations, findings, rules, consent agreements, and orders in connection with a rule; (2) a nontechnical summary of each risk evaluation conducted in connection with a rule; and (3) a list of the studies considered by the agency in carrying out each evaluation, along with the results of those studies.
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Timeline
24 September 2020
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
24 September 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 September 2020 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to ← BEST Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4693
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/4693
- us · 116-s-4693 · source updated 14 January 2025