Sec. 301. Disclosure of conflicts of interest
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Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c), in the first sentence, by inserting , subject to subsections
(f)and (h), after the agency shall ; and by adding at the end the following: With respect to any submission by an interested person under subsection
(c)or any other submission by an interested person relating to a proposed rule that incorporates or includes a scientific or technical study, or any other result of scientific research not published in a publicly available peer-reviewed publication, the interested person, in making that submission, shall disclose— the source of the funding for that study or research, as applicable; any entity that sponsored the study or research; the extent to which the findings of the study or research were reviewed by a party that may be affected by the rulemaking to which the submission relates; the identity of any party identified under paragraph (3); and the nature of any financial relationship, including a consulting agreement, the support of any expert witness, and the funding of research, between any person that conducted the study or research and any interested person with respect to the rulemaking to which the submission relates. . Section 553(f) of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to submissions made by interested persons on and after the date of enactment of this Act.