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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017 or the HONEST Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is the best available science, specifically identified, and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. A covered action includes a risk, exposure, or hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, regulation, regulatory impact analysis, or guidance. Personally identifiable information, trade secrets, or commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential must be redacted prior to public availability.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1430 as passed House without amendment on Mar 29, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Mar 29, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMar 29, 2017
House Mar 29, 2017 · the primary vote
Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act
Passed
228 Yea 194 Nay 7 not voting
Party-line vote 10 of 422 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats, 7 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
429 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1430 and vote against it. 29 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1430 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
172 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.