House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To require each Federal agency to submit and obtain approval from the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy of guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of scientific information relied upon by the agency.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2012
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 18, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5952.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MANZULLO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3733):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 91 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5952, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5952
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Bill Posey (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.