# 119-s-4545: Scientific Integrity Act 119-s-4545, Scientific Integrity Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI); status introduced (as of 2026-10-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4545 - As of: 2026-10-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-4545 - Congress: 119 - Title: Scientific Integrity Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-05-14 - Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI) - Cosponsors: 23 - Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications - Touches household money: no - Last recorded action: 2026-10-03 ## Summary **Establish a uniform scientific integrity standard across federal research agencies.** This bill would require agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee scientific research to adopt enforceable integrity policies with reporting, oversight, training, and dispute processes. - Researchers, contractors, and grantees would get clear protections against suppression, alteration, intimidation, and retaliation, and explicit rights to publish, speak at conferences, join advisory bodies, and participate in peer review. Policies may allow technical accuracy reviews before public dissemination if a clear process exists. - Agency leaders and staff would have to appoint a Scientific Integrity Officer, who must be a career employee and work with inspectors general. Agencies would create administrative dispute resolution and regular training programs, with new hires trained within 1 month and other processes set up within 180 days. - The Office of Science and Technology Policy would review and approve agency policies, post aggregated SIO reports, and convene SIOs annually. Agencies must report misconduct counts and outcomes annually and undergo a Comptroller General review within 2 years and a full policy review every 5 years. ## Cosponsors (23) - Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - New scientific integrity rules for agencies: benefit, high. This bill would require each covered agency to adopt a written scientific integrity policy and send it to OSTP within 90 days. If an agency already has a policy, it could send that policy with a written statement that it complies. After OSTP approves a policy, the agency would publish it online and… - Protections for federal scientific work: benefit, high. This bill would require agency policies to bar research misconduct, suppression or alteration of findings, and retaliation or intimidation. Policies would let covered individuals publish, present at conferences, serve on advisory boards, and participate in peer review, subject to existing law. Agen… - Scientific Integrity Officer duties: benefit, high. This bill would require each covered agency to name a career Scientific Integrity Officer within 90 days. The officer would prepare annual public reports listing counts of misconduct complaints, anonymized summaries and outcomes, and any policy changes. Agencies would have to report within 30 days… - Agency dispute and training rules: benefit, medium. This bill would require agencies to set up an administrative dispute resolution and appeal process within 180 days. Agencies would also have to run regular scientific integrity and ethics training. New covered employees would get training within one month of starting. Training must explain rights,… - Optional review before public release: mixed, low. This bill would allow an agency's policy to require covered individuals to submit technical findings for an accuracy review before public release only if the agency's policy sets a clear, timely review process. This review option would be discretionary, so agencies could choose whether to include i… ## Related bills - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 - 119-s-1503: Equality Act - 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 - 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 - 119-s-1115: Paycheck Fairness Act ## Sources - [119-s-4545 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4545) ## Related - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503) - [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150) - [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523) - [119-s-1115: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1115) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4545 (as of 2026-10-03).