Sound Science Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4397 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4397 To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to improve transparency of the regulatory process and coordination of science among Federal agencies, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2026 Mr. Ricketts introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to improve transparency of the regulatory process and coordination of science among Federal agencies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sound Science Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. TESTING. (a) Testing Requirement Rule, Order, or Consent Agreement.--Section 4(b)(1)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2603(b)(1)(B)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``methodologies'' and inserting ``technically feasible methodologies''; and (2) by inserting ``the intended and known purposes to be manufactured, processed, distributed in commerce, used, or disposed of for'' after ``the development of information for''. (b) Required Actions.--Section 4(f) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2603(f)) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (2), by striking ``, made without consideration of costs or other nonrisk factors,''. (c) Testing Modernization.--Section 4(h) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2603(h)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting ``, including by requiring the use of relevant Test Guidelines that are published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and iden