Disclosure of conflicts of interest

Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking After notice required and inserting (1) After notice required; (B) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), as so designated, by inserting, subject to subsections (f) and (h), after the agency shall; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (2) In the case of any submission under paragraph (1) by an interested person that includes a scientific, economic, or technical study or research (or a citation thereto) that the interested person funded directly or indirectly, or the nonpublic results of any scientific, economic, or technical study or research that the interested person funded directly or indirectly, the interested person shall disclose to the agency the following: (A) The amount of any funds that were received by the person who conducted the study or research. (B) The entity that provided the funds referred to in subparagraph (A). (C) Any entity that was allowed to review or revise the study or research, and the extent of that review or revision. (D) Any financial relationship between the person who conducted the study or research, and any person that would be affected by the proposed rule.; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) 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 or final rule that includes a scientific, economic, or technical study or research by the interested person not published in a publicly available peer-reviewed publication, or any result of a scientific, economic, or technical study or research by the interested person not published in a publicly available peer-reviewed publication, the interested person, in making that submission, shall disclose to the agency— (1) the source of any funding for the study or research, as applicable; (2) any entity that sponsored the study or research; (3) the extent to which the findings of the study or research were reviewed by a person that may be affected by the rule making to which the submission relates; (4) the identity of any person identified under paragraph (3); and (5) 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 rule making to which the submission relates..