To require any Federal agency that publishes a science-based climate change document that was significantly altered at White House request to make an unaltered final draft of the document publicly available for comparison.

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   Inserted: TITLE --SAVE CLIMATE SCIENCE

   Inserted: SEC. --01. SHORT TITLE.

   Inserted: This title may be cited as the "Save Climate Scientific Credibility, Integrity, Ethics, Nonpartisanship, Consistency, and Excellence Act" or the "Save Climate SCIENCE Act".

   Inserted: SEC. --02. FINDINGS.

   Inserted: The Congress finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) Federal climate-related reports and studies that summarize or synthesize science that was rigorously peer-reviewed and that cost taxpayers millions of dollars, were altered to misrepresent or omit information contained in the underlying scientific reports or studies.

   Inserted: (2) Reports of such alterations were exposed by scientists who were involved in the preparation of the underlying scientific reports or studies.

   Inserted: (3) Such alteration of Federal climate-related reports and studies raises questions about the credibility, integrity, and consistency of the United States climate science program.

   Inserted: SEC. --03. PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Within 48 hours after an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) publishes a summary, synthesis, or analysis of a scientific study or report on climate change that has been modified to reflect comments by the Executive Office of the President that change the force, meaning, emphasis, conclusions, findings, or recommendations of the scientific or technical component of the study or report, the head of that agency shall make available on a departmental or agency website, and on a public docket, if any, that is accessible by the public both the final version and the last draft version before it was modified to reflect those comments.

   Inserted: (b) Format and Ease of Comparison.--The documents shall be made available--

   Inserted: (1) in a format that is generally available to the public; and

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   Inserted: (2) in the same format and accessible on the same page with equal prominence, or in any other manner that facilitates comparison of the 2 texts.

   Inserted: SEC. --04. ENFORCEMENT.

   Inserted: The failure, by the head of an executive agency, to comply with the requirements of section --02 shall be considered a failure to file a report required by section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. ).

   Inserted: SEC. --05. ANNUAL REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

   Inserted: The Comptroller General shall transmit to the Congress within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, a report on compliance with the requirements of section --02 by executive agencies that includes information on the status of any enforcement actions brought under section 104 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. ) for violations of section --02 of this Act during the 12-month period covered by the report.

   Inserted: SEC. --06. WHISTLEBLOWER EXTENSION FOR DISCLOSURES RELATING TO INTERFERENCE WITH CLIMATE SCIENCE.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, are amended--

   Inserted: (1) in clause (i), by striking "or" at the end;

   Inserted: (2) in clause (ii), by adding "or" at the end; and

   Inserted: (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:

   Inserted: "(iii) tampering with the conduct of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, altering or omitting the findings of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, or directing the dissemination of climate-related scientific information known by the directing employee to be false or misleading,".

   Inserted: (b) Conforming Amendments.--

   Inserted: (1) Section 1212(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (A) by striking "regulation, or gross" and inserting "regulation; gross"; and

   Inserted: (B) by adding at the end the following: "or tampering with the conduct of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, altering or omitting the findings of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, or directing the dissemination of climate-related scientific information known by the directing employee to be false or misleading;"

   Inserted: (2) Section 1213(a) of such title is amended--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1)--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (A);

   Inserted: (ii) by inserting "or" at the end of subparagraph (B); and

   Inserted: (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:

   Inserted: "(C) tampering with the conduct of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, altering or omitting the findings of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, or directing the dissemination of climate-related scientific information known by the directing employee to be false or misleading;"; and

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2)--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (A);

   Inserted: (ii) by striking "safety." in subparagraph (B) and inserting "safety; or"; and

   Inserted: (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:

   Inserted: "(C) tampering with the conduct of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, altering or omitting the findings of Federally funded climate-related scientific research or analysis, or directing the dissemination of climate-related scientific information known by the directing employee to be false or misleading.".

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