S. 5697
Requires agencies to use best available evidence
Directs federal agencies to base their rules and guidance on the best scientific, technical, demographic, economic, and statistical information reasonably available.
- Covers how agencies develop federal rules and guidance
- Requires use of the best reasonably available scientific and technical information
- Also names demographic, economic, and statistical information as sources to rely on
- Agencies would also use this evidence when telling the public about a rule's basis
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