Selected changes in the amended House bill

• Provisions related to media relations and agencies’ public communications have been dropped
• Various prohibitions have been redefined as issues that agencies’ scientific integrity policies must address
• Requires that instances when agencies overrule scientific integrity officers’ conclusions on alleged policy violations be reported to Congress and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Requires the Government Accountability Office to review the implementation of agencies’ scientific integrity policies

Selected provisions in original House bill

• Amends the American COMPETES Act to require science agencies to develop scientific integrity policies that meet certain standards
• Directs agencies to appoint a scientific integrity officer, implement a staff training program on scientific integrity, and release an annual report on misconduct cases
• Requires agencies to allow scientists to speak to the media about their research without obtaining prior approval
• Requires scientists be given the opportunity to review public statements an agency plans to make about their research