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HR 7219 - Information Quality Assurance Act - National Key Vote

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Title: Information Quality Assurance Act

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the Office of Management and Budget to revise the guidelines for federal agencies with respect to the dissemination or use of influential information or evidence.

Highlights:

  • Requires the Office of Management and Budget to revise the guidelines for federal agencies with respect to the dissemination or use of influential information or evidence which includes the following (Sec. 1-2):

    • Scientific, technical, demographic, economic, financial, and statistical information; or 

    • Evidence that has (or reasonably will have) a clear or substantial impact in developing, issuing, or informing the public about a rule or guidance of the agency.

  • Specifies that the guidelines must ensure that federal agencies rely on the best reasonably available influential information and evidence in developing, issuing, or informing the public about the rules and guidance of the agency (Sec. 1-2).

  • Requires also must publish any model, methodology, or source of scientific or technical information relied on in issuing or developing any rule or guidance (Sec. 1-2).

NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS

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NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS

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