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</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DEREGULATION USING STEALTH “SCIENCE”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">STRATEGIES</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">THOMAS O. MCGARITY & WENDY E. WAGNER†</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ABSTRACT</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> In this Article, we explore the “stealth” use of science by the</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Executive Branch to advance deregulation and highlight the limited,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">existing legal and institutional constraints in place to discipline and</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">discourage these practices. Political appointees have employed dozens</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">of strategies over the years, in both Democratic and Republican</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">administrations, to manipulate science in ends-oriented ways that</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">advance the goal of deregulation. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Despite this bald manipulation of</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">science, however, the officials frequently present these strategies as</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">necessary to bring “sound science” to bear on regulatory decisions. To</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">begin to address this problem, it is important to reconceptualize how</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the administrative state addresses science-intensive decisions. Rather</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">than allow agencies and the White House to operate as a cohesive unit,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">institutional bounds should be drawn around the scientific expertise</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">lodged within the agencies. We propose that the background scientific</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">work prepared by agency staff should be firewalled from the evaluative,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">policymaking input of the remaining officials, including politically</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">appointed officials, in the agency.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Copyright © 2019 Thomas O. McGarity & Wendy E. Wagner.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> † McGarity is Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">University of Texas School of Law; Wagner is Richard Dale <b>Endowed Chair, University of Texas</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>School of Law</b>. We are grateful to Jennifer Nou, Arti Rai, and the participants at the Duke Law</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Journal 2019 spring symposium for helpful comments and suggestions. Special thanks go to the</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Duke Law Journal editors, particularly Scott Grundei, for their wonderful work on this piece. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Introduction .......................................................................................... 1720</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">I. Deregulatory Strategies .................................................................. 1724</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A. Adjusting the Substance of the Science ........................... 1724</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1. Censoring Science ........................................................... 1725</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2. Limiting Scientific Input ................................................ 1728</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3. Safety in Models .............................................................. 1729</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">4. Studying Rather than Acting and Raising the Burden</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">of Proof ................................................................................ 1733</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">5. Rewriting Reports Relevant to Regulatory Issues ........ 1740</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">6. Substituting Deregulatory Policy for Science ............... 1743</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">B. Adjusting Internal Resources and Procedures ............... 1747</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1. Cutting the Budgets for Technical Staff and Scientific</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Research ......................................................................... 1748</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2. Changing Organizational Charts and Shifting</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Personnel ....................................................................... 1752</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C. Changing the Rules for Scientific Deliberations ............ 1756</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1. Marginalizing External Review of Agency Science ..... 1757</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2. Constraining the Staff’s Analysis of the Best Available</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Science ............................................................................ 1767</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">II. Analysis ........................................................................................... 1769</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A. Courts .................................................................................. 1772</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">B. Congress .............................................................................. 1773</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C. Agency Counter-Pressure ................................................. 1774</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1. Science Integrity Policies ................................................ 1775</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>2. Science Advisory Boards</b> ............................................... 1778</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3. Staff .................................................................................. 1779</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">D. The Scientific Community and the Media ....................... 1781</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">III. Reform ........................................................................................... 1783</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A. Firewalling the Scientific Literature Review and Analysis</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">from Policy Input ............................................................... 1785</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1. Support for Firewalls ...................................................... 1787</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2. Precedent for a Firewall ................................................. 1789</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3. Practical Implementation ............................................... 1791</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">B. Reinforcing Reforms ......................................................... 1800</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1. Science Advisory Boards ............................................... 1800</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2. Deliberative Process Privilege ....................................... 1802</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conclusion ............................................................................................. 1802</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">INTRODUCTION</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Any new president who, like President Trump, campaigns on a</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">deregulatory platform is in for some unpleasant surprises after the</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">election. Undoing regulation, particularly in the areas of health, safety,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">and the environment, is not as easy as it might appear. Rolling back</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">most major rules is tedious because it requires notice-and-comment</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">rulemakings under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”),1</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> with</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">One viable solution to this dilemma is to adopt stealth “science”
strategies. By reaching into the science supporting past or ongoing
regulatory actions and changing what the record says, a deregulatory
president can sidestep at least the first two problems.5
Changing the
science underlying a regulation allows the president to stay within the
constraints of protective statutes. The president can show that the
deregulatory action does not, on the face of things, compromise the
statute’s protective goals, because the modified science demonstrates
that his policies remain comfortably within those mandates. Equally
important, manipulating the underlying science gives the public a false
assurance that their health and environment are being protected. To
this end, invoking “sound science” on behalf of an agency decision that
in fact may be based on ends-oriented manipulations of the record can
lend the patina of objectivity.
Even if hurdles one and two can be overcome by playing games
with science, the chief executive will still need to devise clever ways to
grapple with hurdle three—the large number of career staffers, many
of whom are scientists, who will most likely push back against efforts
to manipulate science. Although overcoming this third hurdle can
sometimes can be difficult, some well-worn paths by previous
administrations to manipulate science to advance deregulation are
becoming evident.6
This Article explores these strategies, uncovering a
playbook of sorts that shows how deregulation-minded presidential
administrations, including the current one, have reconfigured the
science underlying regulations to advance deregulatory policies.
In this Article, we trace out these stealth “science” strategies used
to advance deregulation and assign them to three general categories.7
First, some political manipulation of science occurs deep within the...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2. Science Advisory Boards. Several regulatory statutes create
scientific advisory committees to review the work of agency scientists
and provide advice on regulatory issues, and agencies frequently create
science advisory boards on their own.325 A scientific advisory
committee can lend the patina of objectivity to science-based agency
decisions that can be very useful to an agency that is under attack in
the political arena.326 At the same time, we have observed a number of
instances—more than 30 percent of our accounts—in which scientific
advisory committees have blown the whistle on low visibility attempts
by upper-level decisionmakers to manipulate science to achieve
predetermined outcomes.327 In the course of judicial review, courts in
fact sometimes rely on criticisms by scientific advisory committees to
support conclusions that agency actions are arbitrary and capricious.328
EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, for example, has
on several occasions complained rather loudly that the administrator
ignored its advice on NAAQS in an effort to make the standards less
burdensome for the affected industries.329 A working group of EPA’s
Science Advisory Board circulated a memorandum in May 2018
containing recommendations for full board review of several of the
agency’s proposed deregulatory actions during the Trump
administration.330 The memorandum, which was reported in the trade
press,331 contained several rather strong criticisms of pending EPA
actions, including the Agency’s reconsideration of its final
determination of emissions standards for automobiles, national
emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for hydrochloric acid
production residual risk, and the repeal of emissions requirements for
325. See generally JASANOFF, supra note 207 (providing book-length treatment of the
operation of science advisory boards in the United States).</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">... </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“glider” trucks.332 The working group pointedly noted a “trend” in
which the agency’s air office was providing less information to the
Scientific Advisory Board about planned actions333 in an apparent
effort to limit the Board’s input.
Yet once again, this particularly important shield against
politicization of science is limited by the reality that political
appointees usually though not always control when a science advisory
board is consulted and how that board is staffed. With the exception of
a few statutory programs,334 there are virtually no legal constraints over
these decisions. Even the composition of such boards is largely subject
to political manipulation.335
- Staff. Career agency scientists provide another valuable
institutional check on manipulation by upper-level political
appointees. These career staffers can serve as the ballast that keeps the
agencies operating in accordance with professional norms that resist
ends-oriented political intrusions. The staff, whether or not its work is
disclosed to the public, still creates the initial scientific record to inform
policy; this record at least creates a speed bump that political
appointees must find a way around to advance ends-oriented policies.
In nearly half of the stealth tactics discussed in Part I, the role of
staff was pivotal in calling attention to the political manipulation of
science.336 Some career scientists have resisted political changes to their
analyses or conclusions.337 Other scientists have called attention to
attempted manipulations, sometimes by leaking the evidence and
documents to the press or posting them on the internet and sometimes
by formally blowing the whistle on inappropriate actions.338 Moreover,...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">when career staffers are called upon for explanations by Congress,
some have been quite forthright in acknowledging efforts by political
officials to meddle with the scientific record underlying regulations.339
The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(“PEER”) also uses reports from existing staff to probe into agency
decisions. PEER files a FOIA request about once every three weeks,
often to probe matters brought to its attention by government
employees.340 </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Another group, called “314 Action,” has established a
secure hotline and an encrypted email drop through which government
scientists can report abuses to lawyers and receive advice on their legal
options.341
In some cases, these staff reports can lead to adverse consequences
for the offending political appointees. <b>When Assistant Interior
Secretary Julie MacDonald was caught bullying scientific staff into
changing their scientific analyses involving endangered species, for
example, the DOI’s Inspector General documented her activities and
she resigned</b>.342 </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Former agency staffers can also serve as valuable informants on
the manipulation of science after they retire from service. One group
of former EPA staffers, for example, has formed an organization called
the “Environmental Protection Network” to keep an eye on that
agency’s activities and comment publicly on abuses when its members
detect them.343 Among other things, it wrote a lengthy critique of
Administrator Pruitt’s “transparency” proposal.344
But even with these important innovations, there are limits to
what the career staff can accomplish. Political bullying of agency </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> 339. One EPA senior science adviser testified before Congress, for example, that EPA
Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances asked her to employ a risk
assessment model based on a scientific theory that she had never heard of to ensure a smaller risk
estimate for the fumigant ethylene dibromide. LASH, supra note 53, at 173.
340. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Amanda Reilly, Group, Firm Offer Pro Bono Help for Federal Scientists, E&E NEWS
(Oct. 25, 2017), https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060064627/search?keyword=Group
%2C+Firm+Offer+Pro+Bono+Help+for+Federal+Scientists [http://perma.cc/TD9W-ZY3J].</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> 341. Nick Bowlin, Political Group Seeks Federal Whistleblowers, E&E NEWS (Nov. 2, 2017),
https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1060065401/search?keyword=Political+Group+Seeks+F
ederal+Whistleblowers [http://perma.cc/M2NX-ED6W].
342. OFF. OF INSPECTOR GEN., U.S. DEP’T OF INTERIOR, INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND POLICY 1–8 (2008).
343. About Us, ENVTL. PROTECTION NETWORK, https://www.environmentalprotection
network.org/about [http://perma.cc/2R7V-XEE6].
344. ENVTL. PROTECTION NETWORK, COMMENTS ON EPA’S CENSORED SCIENCE
PROPOSAL (2018), https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/
08/EPN-Censored-Science-Summary.pdf [http://perma.cc/K7TY-BCHA]. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">scientists can still lead to scientifically compromised decisions. The
White House has demanded changes to scientific records that even
strong career staffers were not able to prevent.345 </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Moreover, since the
political officials decide what counts as “deliberative process”
privilege, the staff would seem relatively helpless—short of filing
formal whistleblower complaints—to expose these tactics to the light
of day. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>D. The Scientific Community and the Media</b>
The scientific community has been heavily involved in publicizing
and disciplining political manipulation of science in the agencies.346 The
UCS, editors of top scientific journals, and respected scientists have
penned reports, articles, commentaries, and editorials that document
numerous problems.347 Soon after the 2016 elections, for example,
“[m]ore than 2,300 scientists, including twenty-two Nobel Prize
winners, [wrote] an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump and
the 115th Congress, urging them to adhere to high standards of
scientific integrity and independence” in addressing environmental
problems.348 Scientists are working with public relations experts to
hone their communications skills to facilitate interactions with the
public and the media.349 The annual meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science in February 2017 featured
a panel on “Defending Science and Scientific Integrity in the Age of
Trump.”350
345. See supra notes 26–34 and accomp...</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>===
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</font></div><div><header class="articleheader articleheader--inline" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 568px;"><h1 class="articleheadline" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; line-height: 1.2;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">senate advances 'secret science' bill, setting up possible showdown with White House</font></h1><p class="byline byline--article" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">By <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/author/puneet-kollipara" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Puneet Kollipara</a><time style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-left: 7.5px; padding-left: 7.5px;">Apr. 29, <b>2015 </b></time></font></p><p class="byline byline--article" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p class="byline byline--article" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Republicans in Congress appear to be headed for a showdown with the White House over controversial “secret science” legislation aimed at changing how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses scientific studies. A deeply divided Senate panel yesterday advanced a bill that would require EPA to craft its policies based only on public data available to outside experts.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2015/03/house-approves-epa-secret-science-bills-despite-white-house-veto-threat" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">The House of Representatives has already passed a similar measure</a>. But Democrats and science groups have harshly criticized the approach, and the White House has threatened a veto.</span></font></p></header><div class="articlebody" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 568px; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); margin-top: 30px; padding-top: 30px;"><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The House and Senate bills are the product of long-standing complaints—mostly from conservative lawmakers—that EPA relies too heavily on raw data that are not easily available to outsiders. Republicans on the House science committee, for instance, have been <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2013/09/battle-over-epa-subpoena-privacy-remains-sticking-point" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">waging a long-running battle with EPA officials over the release of health data</a> used to support air pollution regulations. The bill’s opponents, however, say the calls for transparency are aimed at blocking the agency from using certain types of confidential data, potentially delaying or imperiling new environmental regulations to industry’s gain.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Both perspectives got airtime during yesterday’s debate in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works over </span><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/544" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">S. 544, the Secret Science Reform Act</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. It would require EPA to base all its rules, assessments, and guidance on data that is “transparent” and “reproducible.” </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The legislation, sponsored by Senator John Barrasso (R–WY), serves as a companion to <a href="http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20150302/cprt-114-hprt-ru00-hr1030.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">a measure</a> that the House approved last month mostly with GOP votes.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;" /><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.538em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Democrats on the panel objected to the Republican majority’s plan to vote on the bill, arguing that the panel had not yet held any hearings on the legislation. (The House did hold hearings on its bill in previous sessions of Congress). “We are considering a legislative conclusion before we have done the legislative investigation,” said </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Senator Ed Markey (D–MA), one of several Democrats </span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=d17ff777-da8b-d123-ee8a-0f508d5a365b" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.538em;">who called for shelving the bill until a hearing could occur</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.538em;">.</span></span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Panel leaders rejected that idea, and the bill cleared the committee on an 11 to 9 party-line vote. Prior to that vote, Republicans beat back a couple of Democratic-sponsored amendments: one that would have restored EPA’s ability to rely on any peer-reviewed science, and another that would have required EPA to disclose only the funding sources, not the raw data, of studies the agency wants to use. Barrasso said the amendments would “defeat the purpose of the bill.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On a voice vote, the committee did adopt an amendment that would prohibit any effort to bar EPA and other federal scientists from using common scientific terms.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> In offering the amendment, Senator Barbara Boxer (D–CA), the committee’s top Democrat, said she was alarmed by <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2015/03/florida-officials-ban-the-terms-climate-change-and-global-warming" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">efforts by Republican officials in Florida</a> and Wisconsin to allegedly bar certain state employees from talking about climate change.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Democrats say they plan to use the bill to call out Republicans for their party’s rejection of climate science</b>. And Boxer lashed out at Republicans for supporting the measure just after the panel had advanced another bill that would give EPA more power to request data on chemicals’ risks and to regulate toxic substances. “This is insane, it’s just a joke,” Boxer said.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The secret science bills represent just one front in Republicans’ efforts to attack President Barack Obama’s environmental agenda, which they view as too costly to businesses and the economy. House Republicans have also pushed a bill to overhaul how EPA obtains scientific advice from its <a href="http://www.epa.gov/science1/" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">panel of independent scholars</a>, and another measure to boost public participation and agencies’ data disclosure and analysis requirements. All three bills, <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2015/03/house-approves-epa-secret-science-bills-despite-white-house-veto-threat" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">approved by t</a><a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/policy/2015/01/republican-effort-remake-u-s-regulatory-process-ruffles-science-groups" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">he House on mostly party-line votes</a>, have received <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/114/saphr185r_20150112.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">veto threats</a> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/114/saphr1029r_20150303.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">from the</a> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/114/saphr1030r_20150303.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">White House</a>.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">White House officials—along with Democrats, a <a href="http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/secret_science_intersociety_2015.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">bevy of scientific organizations</a>, and public-interest groups—argue that the secret science legislation would force EPA to ignore numerous studies. They say that not only do many studies contain public health or industry-submitted data that are confidential, but the legislation provides too little funding for EPA to obtain all the necessary raw data. And many studies, such as longitudinal surveys, are not realistically “reproducible,” scientific organizations worry.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">S. 544 now moves to the full Senate, which could act on it at any time. The House and Senate would then have to reconcile any differences in their bills and approve one measure to send to the White House—where it’s sure to meet a cold reception.</font></p></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-weight="font-weight" font-variant-numeric="font-variant-numeric" normal="normal" font-variant-east-asian="font-variant-east-asian" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" white-space="white-space" pre-wrap="pre-wrap"><b>----</b></span></font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-weight="font-weight" font-variant-numeric="font-variant-numeric" normal="normal" font-variant-east-asian="font-variant-east-asian" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" white-space="white-space" pre-wrap="pre-wrap"><b>ref </b></span></font></div><div><a href="http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/secret_science_intersociety_2015.pdf"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/secret_science_intersociety_2015.pdf</font></a></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">H.R. 4012</a>). The legislation requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to base its regulations on data that is public.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas)</strong>: “Costly environmental regulations should only be based upon data that is available to independent scientists and the public. However, the EPA does not adhere to this practice. Nearly every major air quality regulation from this administration has been justified by data that has been kept secret</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. <b>This bill requires the EPA to base its decisions on information to which all scientists have access</b>. This will promote sound science and confidence in the EPA decision making process. This bill ensures the transparency and accountability that the American people want and deserve."</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><b>The <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Secret Science Reform Act</em> was introduced by Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (R-Ariz.)</b> and has received <a href="https://science.house.gov/letters-support-secret-science-reform-act-2014-hr-4012" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">letters of support</a> from over 80 scientists and experts, including the former head of the EPA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and the former head of the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. It also enjoys the support of 30 national and state trade associations, including the<b> U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufactures.</b></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (R-Ariz.)</strong>: “The Secret Science Reform Act rules 'secret science' a condition of the past. Public policy should come from public data. Unfortunately, for far too long, the EPA has approved regulations that have placed a crippling financial burden on economic growth in this country without public evidence to justify all their actions. This common-sense legislation forces the EPA to be transparent and accountable with their findings."</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Secret Science Reform Act</em> requires that the EPA base its regulations on publically available and verifiable information without compromising protections for personal information.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A <a href="https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IER-Survey-MRW-Strategies-MKM.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">2013 poll</a> from the <b>Institute of Energy Research </b>found that 90 percent of Americans agree that studies and data used to make federal government decisions should be public. Provisions in the bill are consistent with White House policy, the data access provisions of major scientific journals, and the recommendations of the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Obama administration’s top science advisors.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> The Chair of EPA’s own Science Advisory Board testified that EPA’s advisors recommend “that literature and data used by EPA be peer-reviewed and made available to the public."</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Secret Science Reform Act affirms laws prohibiting the disclosure of confidential or proprietary information. The Act is not retroactive; it applies only to new, future regulations issued by the agency. The bill forges a new path forward embracing scientific integrity and open government.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.):</strong> “Transparency and accountability should be a priority for every government agency—and the EPA is no exception. After the House passed our bill today, we are one step closer to finally changing the way things are done at the EPA. Since the American people are paying the price for these expensive regulations they deserve to see the science used to justify them."</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-weight="font-weight" font-variant-numeric="font-variant-numeric" normal="normal" font-variant-east-asian="font-variant-east-asian" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" white-space="white-space" pre-wrap="pre-wrap" style=""><b>=</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">r<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">epublican lawmakers on Tuesday pressed the Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) to reveal the “secret” scientific data behind controversial decisions.</span></font><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin: 20px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="field-items" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, said the EPA has "raised suspicion" by not being open and transparent about its regulatory process.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></font></p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Americans impacted by EPA regulations have a right to see the data and determine for themselves if the agency's actions are based on sound science or a partisan agenda," Smith said at the hearing.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The science committee last week introduced legislation that would prevent the EPA from issuing new regulations without first disclosing the scientific research considered when drafting rules. The bill, introduced by Rep. <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="188059" href="https://thehill.com/people/david-schweikert" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">David Schweikert</a></span> (R-Ariz.), is known as the Secret Science Reform Act.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Republicans say the bill would increase transparency and allow for scientists outside the agency to independently verify the results.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Everyone agrees that we need to protect the environment," said Smith, who spoke at the hearing even though he is not on the subcommittee. "But it should be done in a way that is transparent and honest."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Democrats on the committee called the bill a ploy by Republicans to prevent the EPA from issuing regulations.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rep. <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="186433" href="https://thehill.com/people/suzanne-bonamici" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Suzanne Bonamici</a></span> (D-Ore.), the ranking member on the panel, said the bill is "overly broad" and would "prevent the EPA from doing its job."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"We share the common goal of transparency, but the issue is how do we accomplish that," Bonamici said.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Ellen Silbergeld, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, testified that requiring the EPA to reveal the scientific information it uses to make rules is "unlikely to advance our confidence in the results of a study."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"We need more information, and specifically we need more information disclosure from industry," Silbergeld said. "I call on them to tear down every wall that hides critically important information that is generated and held by industry."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rep. <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="186439" href="https://thehill.com/people/jim-bridenstine" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Jim Bridenstine</a></span> (R-Okla.) said the EPA has used "secret science" to push through controversial regulations for coal-fired power plants. "When the EPA uses secret science to justify regulations, everyone is worse off," he said.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Bridenstine also mocked the EPA's attempt to regulate wood stoves.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"My friend at the EPA has assured me that if you like your wood stove, you can keep it," he joked.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="pressdate date black" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: bolder; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEBRUARY 10, </span><span class="pressdate date black" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: bolder; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">2016</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></font><h1 class="main_page_title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.2; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 2rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">H.R. 3293, THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT</font></h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-114hr3293rh/pdf/BILLS-114hr3293rh.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">H.R. 3293, the Scientific Research in the National Interest Act</font></a></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 id="page-title-sm" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.2; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-transform: uppercase;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">KEY POINTS</font></h1><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Today, the House will consider H.R. 3293, the so-called “Scientific Research in the National Interest Act” requiring the National Science Foundation to publicly justify every research award granted according to how it meets specific, Republican-proposed criteria for benefiting the national interest.</font></span></li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This bill is the latest in a long line of anti-science, anti-innovation bills from House Republicans. It imposes a new and inappropriate layer of political influence on the National Science Foundation’s merit-based review – burdening federal research and scientific discovery with narrow political concerns. As Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson wrote in the <a href="https://twitter.com/postpolitics/status/697144962224365568" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Minority Views</a>:</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>“</i>Most Members of Congress lack the relevant expertise to fairly evaluate the merits or value of any particular grant…If we do not trust the Nation’s scientific experts to make that judgement on whether a scientific grant is worthy of funding or not, then who are we to trust?” </span> </font></span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The NSF receives an estimated 50,000 proposals each year and awards grants to roughly one-fifth, or 11,000. Each proposal is subject to an <a href="https://bcove.me/i8l4duas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">extensive, rigorous merit review process</a> – considered the gold standard for evaluating proposals in a competitive environment – before a funding decision is made.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">H.R. 3293 is a dangerous solution in search of a problem.</span> There is no evidence or allegation that the current NSF review process is flawed or in need of this level of political micromanagement. American discovery and innovation must not be limited by bureaucrats’ and politicians’ failure of imagination. </font></li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Why are we wasting our time voting on this dangerous bill for a second time when there are so many more pressing matters for us to debate? The exact language in this bill can be found in Section 108 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act which narrowly passed the House in May 2015 by a vote of 217-205 with 23 Republicans joining all Democrats in voting NO. In fact, notoriously anti-science House GOP Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith has been crusading against the National Science Foundation’s grant review process for three years.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">The White House is <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/114/saphr3293r_20160209.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: normal;">opposed to this bill and has issued a veto threat</a>:</span> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Contrary to its stated purpose, H.R. 3293 would add nothing to accountability in Federal funding for scientific research, while needlessly adding to bureaucratic burdens and overhead at the NSF. And, far from promoting the progress of science in the United States, it would replace the clarity of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 with confusing language that could cast a shadow over the value of basic research which, by its nature, will have outcomes with contributions to national interests other than the progress of science which cannot be predicted in advance. <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">If the President were presented with H.R. 3293, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill</u>.</em></font></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 id="page-title-sm" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.2; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">STATEMENTS</font></h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Statement%20on%20H.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) on the bill.</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Statement%20on%20amendment_0.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) on her amendment.</a> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">- failed by recorded vote</em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Replaces subsection 2(b), "Determination", to ensure the determination is consistent with the mission of the agency and with the existing merit-review criteria.</font></p><h1 id="page-title-sm" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.2; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LETTERS AND QUOTES IN OPPOSITION OF H.R. 3293</font></h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/02/10/comment-hr-3293" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“[H].R. 3293 would create doubt at NSF and in the research community about Congress’s real intent in calling into question the adequacy of NSF’s gold-standard merit-review process, for applied as well as for basic research. This could easily have a chilling effect on the amount of basic research that scientists propose and that NSF chooses to fund, with detrimental consequences for this Nation’s leadership in science, technology, and innovation alike.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rdcms-aaa/files/production/public/FileDownloads/pdfs/issues/policy-advocacy/upload/AAA-Statement-on-the-Scientific-Research-in-the-National-Interest-Act.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: normal;">American Anthropological Association</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We are mindful that researchers must be accountable for the federal dollars that support us. We also believe, however, that it is ill-advised for Congress to exert political pressure and impose a “selection of science” based on something other than scientific merit… We call on the Congress not to lower its expectations about what constitutes science in the national interest, but to allow the National Science Foundation to set its directorates’ priorities through its highly regarded merit review process – which is the envy of the world.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.aera.net/Portals/38/docs/Policy_and_Programs/AERAComment_Maximizing%20the%20Impact%20of%20Basic%20Research_8-21-15FINAL.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: normal;">American Educational Research Association</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />This bill would require further written justification, after selection through the merit review process, that grants are worthy of federal funding and in the national interest. This additional requirement suggests that grants selected through the merit review process itself may not be sufficient to determine what is in the “national interest.” Such a requirement is a slippery slope that unfortunately could lead to substituting personal or political preference for scientific merit in the name of national interest.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/07/hate-competes-new-bill-rep-smith-doubles-down-pending-nsf-legislation" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: normal;">American Psychological Association</a></span>, Heather O’Beirne Kelly<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Chairman Smith has again substituted political review for peer review in explicitly attacking individual NSF grants…APA is opposed to any efforts that would discourage researchers from proposing cutting-edge projects and stifle the progress of scientific innovation and discovery.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.cossa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/COSSA-Statement-on-Scientific-Research-in-the-National-Interest-Act-July-2015.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: normal;">Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The U.S. scientific enterprise must remain insulated from political and ideological pressure if we are to encourage the most innovative science. Unfortunately, H.R. 3293 and the ongoing mischaracterization of meritorious research projects illustrate the intent of some to continue inserting political review into the NSF grant-making process…The nature of basic science is to explore fundamental questions that may not have an immediate application, but that contribute to the scaffolding of knowledge that builds and progresses over time. This necessary, unending pursuit of knowledge is what is in the national interest.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/sites/default/files/LSA%20National%20Interest%20statement.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: normal;">Linguistic Society of America</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We agree that linguists and other researchers supported by federal dollars must be accountable to taxpayers and that the work supported by NSF should be in the nation’s interest. However, we object to political interference in the determination of what is worthwhile science in the national interest…The language in H.R. 3293 was derived from the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015</em> (H.R. 1803), a bill to which LSA has joined the broader scientific community in strong opposition. That bill sought to arbitrarily pick winners and losers among the scientific fields based solely on “political review,” side-stepping NSF’s current practice for prioritizing research investments that relies on technical experts working at NSF, a world-renowned and highly regarded merit review process, and countless scholars housed at universities and laboratories across the country. While H.R. 3293 states, “Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering the Foundation’s intellectual merit or broader impacts criteria for evaluating grant applications,” the bill seeks to codify a definition of “national interest” that could be interpreted in ways that would do just that.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/agu/AGU_Letter_on_HR_3293.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: normal;">American Geophysical Union</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2014, NSF updated its Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide to require that NSF’s merit review process examine “both the technical aspects of a proposed project and its potential to contribute more broadly to advancing NSF’s mission ‘to promise the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes.’” To enhance transparency and accountability, NSF requires award abstracts to include a public justification that articulates the value of the research to the national interest. Given the steps NSF has taken to ensure that the Foundation’s grant funding is awarded to research that furthers the national interest, we’re concerned that H.R. 3293 is merely an additional administrative burden on NSF and scientist recipients with no additional assurances of government accountability. The NSF merit review process has remained the gold standard for scientific peer review and has driven American excellence in science and innovation for decades.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/FABBS%20Statement%20-%20National%20Interest%20Legislation.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"The bill requires that the agency make a determination that a research grant or cooperative agreement “is worthy of Federal funding.” The bill does not include any details about how this judgment is to be made, and therefore, may be subject to varying interpretations, including between NSF staff and members of Congress. Drawing Congress and the scientific community into debates over research awards will continue to undermine the public’s faith in the institution."</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">U<span style="font-family: " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">pdated: U.S. House passes controversial bill on NSF research</span></font></div><header class="articleheader articleheader--inline" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 568px;"><p class="byline byline--article" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; width: 568px; font-weight: 700;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">By </span><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/author/jeffrey-mervis" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Jeffrey Mervis</a><time style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: 400; border-left: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-left: 7.5px; padding-left: 7.5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Feb. 11, 2016 ,</time></font></p></header><div class="articlebody" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 568px; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); margin-top: 30px; padding-top: 30px;"><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">*Update, 11 February, 8:30 a.m.: </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">As expected, the House of Representatives yesterday passed HR 3293 by a 236 to 178 vote. </span><a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2016/roll070.xml" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lawmakers voted largely along party lines</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">, with just seven Democrats voting in favor of the bill and four Republicans against.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After the Wednesday vote, leaders of the House science committee’s majority and minority blocs issued dueling statements.</font></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">“This bill ensures that a project’s benefits are clearly communicated to earn the public’s support and trust,” said Representative<b> Lamar Smith (R–TX),</b> the science panel’s chairperson and the bill’s major backer, </span><a href="https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-votes-open-accountable-science" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">in a statement</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">. “Researchers should embrace the opportunity to better explain to the American people the potential value of their work. This bill is an essential step to restore and maintain taxpayer support for basic scientific research.”</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b>“At its core, this bill is about second guessing our Nation’s best and brightest scientists, and the grant making decisions they make,” said Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D–TX</b>), </span><a href="http://democrats.science.house.gov/press-release/house-passes-bill-politicize-grant-making-national-science-foundation" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">in a statement</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">. “[M]y biggest concern about these new requirements is they will push NSF reviewers to fund less high-risk research, which, by its very nature entails the pursuit of scientific understanding without necessarily any particular or known benefit.”</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Paul Basken of </span>The Chronicle of Higher Education<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> has </span><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/US-House-Backs-New-Bid-to/235275?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elq=dc92d68109c54901a4e9bd3e0cd5386b&elqCampaignId=2420&elqaid=7858&elqat=1&elqTrackId=4e3082d7c03344d2ba9665c180ac441b" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">more on the debate here</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">Here’s our preview story on the vote: </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Next week the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to repeat a warning to the National Science Foundation (NSF) that every one of its research grants must advance “the national interest.” Depending on whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, passage of the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3293/text" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (HR 3293)</a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </em>is either a simple reminder that federal dollars should be spent wisely, or an unwise and unwarranted intrusion into NSF’s grantsmaking process.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/07/hate-competes-new-bill-rep-smith-doubles-down-pending-nsf-legislation" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">HR 3293 repeats</a> one section of controversial legislation laying out policy guidance for NSF that the <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/05/after-2-year-battle-house-passes-competes-act-mostly-party-line-vote" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">House narrowly approved in May 2015</a>. (That bill, <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1806" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">HR 1806</a>, is called the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015.) </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Senate has yet to take up its version of COMPETES, although staff have been working on a draft for several weeks after collecting community input last year.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Representative Lamar Smith (R–TX), chairman of the House science committee, has led the fight for both bill</b>s. He argues that they merely codify recent steps that NSF has taken to ensure “greater accountability” of the government’s investment in basic research. After scientific organizations complained that earlier versions of the COMPETES reauthorization would have forced NSF to follow congressionally written rules for making awards, Smith added language to the current bills that says “nothing in this section shall be constructed as altering the Foundation’s [two criteria] for evaluating grant applications.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Democrats don’t believe him. They think that the legislation is a way to apply a political litmus test that would allow Smith and other Republicans to trim research by social scientists and those studying climate change</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. “<b>The clear intent of the bill is to change how NSF makes funding decisions, according to what some majority members believe should or shouldn’t be funded,” says Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D–TX), the top Democrat on the science panel. </b></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Citing several grants that Smith and others have called frivolous or worse, Johnson also worries that the legislation, if passed, will make researchers less likely to propose bold ideas out of fear that their work will be publicly ridiculed.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; width: 568px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">A vote on HR 3293 is scheduled for 10 February. The larger and more comprehensive COMPETES bill passed last year by a margin of 217 to 205, with 23 Republicans voting against it and no Democrats in favor.</font></p></div><footer class="articlefoot" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 568px; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="meta-line" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px 0.5em; width: 568px; line-height: 1.1;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Posted in: </font><ul class="list-comma" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; display: inline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style: none; display: inline; margin-bottom: 7.5px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/category/policy" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">Policy</a></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style: none; display: inline; margin-bottom: 7.5px;"><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/category/scientific-community" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">Scientific Community</a></li></ul></div></footer><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</b></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>secert sci bs:</b></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><em>: </em>On April 24, <span class="caps">U.S.</span> Environmental Protection Agency (<span class="caps">EPA</span>) Administrator <a href="http://desmogblog.com/scott-pruitt" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">Scott Pruitt</a> released a <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-pruitt-proposes-rule-strengthen-science-used-epa-regulations" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">proposed rule</a> that would restrict which scientific studies <span class="caps">EPA</span> could use in creating new regulations. The move — already controversial when it was first revealed over a month ago — would <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/24/pruitt-to-unveil-controversial-transparency-rule-limiting-what-research-epa-can-use/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">prevent <span class="caps">EPA</span> from considering studies</a> in which the data is not available to the public, including the private health information of individuals in medical studies, and which is based on one-time events, such as the 2010 <span class="caps">BP</span> oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.</font></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Prominent <a href="https://twitter.com/ClimateDepot/status/988839896285663232" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">climate science deniers were in attendance</a> at the <span class="caps">EPA</span> announcement, including <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/marc-morano" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">Marc Morano</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/steve-milloy" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">Steve Milloy</a>, and <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/william-happer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">Will Happer</a>. </font></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">...</font></p></div><div style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>twit: </b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style=""><b style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"era of secret science @EPA is coming to an end</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. The ability to test, authenticate, & reproduce scientific findings is vital for integrity of rulemaking process. Americans deserve to assess legitimacy of the science underpinning Agency decisions"</span></b></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> <a href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060076559" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">March 16, <span class="caps">E&E</span> reported</a> that <span class="caps">EPA</span> Admin Scott Pruitt is brewing more plans to further hobble how the <span class="caps">EPA</span> uses (or in this case, doesn’t use) science to protect the public. According to <span class="caps">E&E</span>, the effort will be similar to the <b>Orwellian-esque <span class="caps">HONEST</span> Act that Lamar Smith sponsored a year ago but is stalled in the Senate</b>. Pruitt’s idea is to apply a blanket set of new criteria to studies the <span class="caps">EPA</span> can cite. The “sound science” recommendations are designed to sound reasonable, but in practice would render lots of high quality, relevant research off-limits.</font></p></div><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">enago</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></a><h3 class="LC20lb DKV0Md" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.3;"><a href="https://errorstatistics.com/2013/05/09/if-its-called-the-the-high-quality-research-act-then/" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://errorstatistics.com/2013/05/09/if-its-called-the-the-high-quality-research-act-then/&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQFjAGegQIBxAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="4">If it's called the “The High Quality Research Act,” then ...</font></a></h3><div class="TbwUpd NJjxre" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.58; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"><cite class="iUh30 bc tjvcx" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">errorstatistics.com<span class="eipWBe" style=""> › 2013/05/09 › if-its-called-the-the-h...</span></font></cite></div><div class="B6fmyf" style="position: absolute; 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I'd not heard ...</font></span></a></div></div></div><div class="g" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2; width: 600px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 28px;"><div class="rc" data-hveid="CAgQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQFSgAMAd6BAgIEAA" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.58;"><a href="https://www.hcs.harvard.edu/policylab/2013/08/29/high-quality-research-act/" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.hcs.harvard.edu/policylab/2013/08/29/high-quality-research-act/&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQFjAHegQICBAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="4">
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cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.58; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">The leaked draft of the “<span style="font-weight: bold;">High Quality Research Act</span>” sparked controversy over fears that Congress was trying to interfere with the scientific process. The backlash ...</font></span></a></div></div></div></div><div style=""><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"></font></a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">see open letters</font></a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="" /></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style=""><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">again no name of compiler</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">
</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">We support the passage of this legislation and thank your Committee for its leadership on this important</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">issue.</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Sincerely,</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">American Apparel & Footwear Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><b>American Chemistry Council</b></a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">American Coatings Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">American Composites Manufacturers Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">American Petroleum Institute</span></a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">American Wood Council</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Auto Care Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><b>Corn Refiners Association</b></a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">EPS Industry Alliance</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Fashion Jewelry and Accessories Trade Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Industrial Minerals Association - North America</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Institute of Makers of Explosives</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">National Association for Surface Finishing</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">National Association of Chemical Distributors</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">National Black Chamber of Commerce</span></a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">National Electrical Manufacturers Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">National Oilseed Processors Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Pine Chemicals Association, Inc.</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Plumbing Manufacturers International</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Styrene Information and Research Center</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">The Fertilizer Institute</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Treated Wood Council</a><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Window & Door Manufacturers Association</a></font><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:LxmufgXmoZUJ:https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201307/legislation.cfm%2B%26cd%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwjAk-CljufqAhUERK0KHYK3CWQQIDAJegQICRAG" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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