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42 U.S.C. § 13557

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Sense of Congress on risk assessments
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/us/usc/t42/s13557
Title
42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter
CH134
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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It is the sense of Congress that Federal agencies conducting assessments of risks to human health and the environment from energy technology, production, transport, transmission, distribution, storage, use, or conservation activities shall use sound and objective scientific practices in assessing such risks, shall consider the best available science (including peer reviewed studies), and shall include a description of the weight of the scientific evidence concerning such risks. (Pub. L. 102–486, title XXX, § 3022, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XIV, § 1401, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1061.)

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