CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Harriet Hageman (R-WY)

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act does not include any evidence that the court determines is not the product of reliable scientific principles and methods.

H.R. 9277 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Republican bill with no cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes to change title 5 of the United States Code. It would change how judicial review works under the Administrative Procedure Act. Specifically, it prevents courts from using evidence that they decide is not based on reliable scientific principles and methods. It also excludes evidence that does not reflect a reliable application of those principles and methods.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    Ensures judicial review is based on reliable scientific principles, potentially improving the quality of administrative law decisions.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.