H.Res. 954: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the scientific protocols, data collection methods, and peer review standards for climate change research which are necessary to preclude future infringements of the public trust.

H.Res. 954: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the scientific protocols, data collection methods, and peer review standards for climate change research which are necessary to preclude future infringements of the public trust.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-12-08 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-12-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the scientific protocols, data collection methods, and peer review standards for climate change research which are necessary to preclude future infringements of the public trust.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the establishment of scientific protocols and a robust oversight mechanism governing an infrastructure of observing, monitoring, measuring, and verification technologies, data collection methods, and peer review standards is necessary to preclude future infringements of public trust by scientific falsification and fraud; and (2) climate change research information provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should meet federal standards for scientific research as defined by the National Science and Technology Council and the National Academy of Sciences before being used as the basis for action by the U.S. government.

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Official text

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the scientific protocols, data collection methods, and peer review standards for climate change research which are necessary to preclude future infringements of the public trust.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] · 17 cosponsors

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Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hres954.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hres>

Record fed-us-cong111-hres954 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111