text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Transparent Regulatory 
  and Environmental Actions in Mining Act of 2015'' or the ``STREAM Act 
  of 2015''.
  
  SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOR RULES AND RELATED 
                ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
                ASSESSMENTS, AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS.
  
      (a) In General.--Title V of the Surface Mining Control and 
  Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding 
  at the end the following:
  
  ``SEC. 530. PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOR RULES AND RELATED 
                ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
                ASSESSMENTS, AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS.
  
      ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
              ``(1) Agency action.--The term `agency action' has the 
          meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States 
          Code.
              ``(2) Background information.--The term `background 
          information' means--
                      ``(A) a biographical document, including a 
                  curriculum vitae or resume, that details the 
                  exhaustive, professional work history, education, and 
                  any professional memberships of a person; and
                      ``(B) the amount and date of any Federal grants or 
                  contracts received by that person.
              ``(3) Economic assessment.--The term `economic assessment' 
          means any assessment prepared by a Federal agency in accordance 
          with section 6(a)(3)(C) of Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 
          note; relating to regulatory planning and review).
              ``(4) Environmental assessment.--The term `environmental 
          assessment' has the meaning given the term in section 1508.9 of 
          title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
              ``(5) Environmental impact statement.--The term 
          `environmental impact statement' means any environmental impact 
          statement or similar analysis required under the National 
          Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
              ``(6) Publicly available.--The term `publicly available' 
          means published online on--
                      ``(A) a publicly accessible website that allows the 
                  submission of comments on proposed regulations and 
                  related documents published by the Federal Government;
                      ``(B) a publicly accessible website of the 
                  Secretary; and
                      ``(C) the website of the Federal Register.
              ``(7) Raw data.--The term `raw data' means any 
          computational process or quantitative or qualitative data 
          processed from a source that is relied upon in a scientific 
          product to support a finding or observation.
              ``(8) Relied upon.--The term `relied upon' means explicitly 
          cited or referenced in a rule, environmental impact statement, 
          environmental assessment, or economic assessment.
              ``(9) Rule.--The term `rule' has the meaning given the term 
          in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
              ``(10) Scientific method.--The term `scientific method' 
          means a method of research under which--
                      ``(A) a problem is identified;
                      ``(B) relevant data are gathered;
                      ``(C) a hypothesis is formulated from the data; and
                      ``(D) the hypothesis is empirically tested in a 
                  manner specified by documented protocols and 
                  procedures.
              ``(11) Scientific product.--The term `scientific product' 
          means any product that--
                      ``(A) employs the scientific method for 
                  inventorying, monitoring, experimenting, studying, 
                  researching, and modeling purposes; and
                      ``(B) is relied upon by the Secretary in 
                  development of any rule, environmental impact 
                  statement, environmental assessment, or economic 
                  assessment.
      ``(b) Requirements.--The Secretary shall--
              ``(1) make publicly available on the date of the 
          publication of any draft, final, emergency, or supplemental 
          rule under this Act, or any related environmental impact 
          statement, environmental assessment, or economic assessment, 
          each scientific product the Secretary relied upon in developing 
          the rule, environmental impact statement, environmental 
          assessment, or economic assessment; and
              ``(2) for those scientific products receiving Federal 
          funds, also make publicly available--
                      ``(A) the raw data used for the federally funded 
                  scientific product; and
                      ``(B) background information of the authors of the 
                  scientific study.
      ``(c) Compliance.--
              ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), failure to 
          comply with the publication requirements of subsection (b)--
                      ``(A) with respect to draft or supplemental rules, 
                  environmental impact statements, environmental 
                  assessments, or economic assessments shall extend by 1 
                  day the notice and comment period for each day of 
                  noncompliance; or
                      ``(B) with respect to final or emergency rules, 
                  shall delay the effective date of the final rule by 60 
                  days plus an additional day for each day of 
                  noncompliance.
              ``(2) Withdrawal.--If the Secretary fails to comply with 
          the publication requirements of subsection (b) for more than 
          180 days after the date of publication of any rule, or any 
          related environmental impact statement, environmental 
          assessment, or economic assessment, under this Act, the 
          Secretary shall withdraw the rule, environmental impact 
          statement, environmental assessment, or economic assessment.''.
      (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Surface 
  Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) is 
  amended by inserting after the item relating to section 529 the 
  following:
  
  ``Sec. 530. Publication of scientific products for rules and related 
                              environmental impact statements, 
                              environmental assessments, and economic 
                              assessments.''.
  
  SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.
  
      Section 702 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
  1977 (30 U.S.C. 1292) is amended--
              (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsection 
          (e) and (f), respectively; and
              (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
      ``(c) Compliance With Other Federal Laws.--Nothing in this Act 
  authorizes the Secretary to take any action by rule, interpretive rule, 
  policy, regulation, notice, or order that duplicates any action taken 
  under an Act referred to in subsection (a) (including regulations and 
  rules).
      ``(d) Deference to Implementing Agencies and State Authorities.--In 
  carrying out this Act (including rules, interpretive rules, policies, 
  regulations, notices, or orders), the Secretary--
              ``(1) shall defer to the determinations of an agency or 
          State authority implementing an Act referred to in subsection 
          (a) with respect to any agency action under the jurisdiction of 
          the agency or State authority, as applicable; and
              ``(2) shall not make any determination regarding any agency 
          action subject to an Act referred to in subsection (a).''.
target: Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act of 2015 or the STREAM Act of 2015 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to direct the Department of the Interior to make publicly available the scientific products used in developing a rule under the Act or any related environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, or economic assessment when the rule or assessment is published. If those scientific products received federal funds, Interior must also make publicly available the data used and the background information of its authors. If Interior does not comply, the notice and comment period for the rules and assessments will be extended by specified periods. A rule or an assessment must be withdrawn if Interior fails to comply for more than 180 days. In carrying out the Act, Interior: (1) may not make any determination regarding certain agency action subject to specified mining and environmental Acts, and (2) shall defer to the determinations of an agency or state authority implementing those Acts with respect to any agency action under the jurisdiction of that agency or state.
feat_title: STREAM Act of 2015