ms. bonamici: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. bonamici: title 2 of this act is a bill passed by the science committee, the e.p.a. hydraulic fracturing study improvement act. this is a piece of legislation that should not have been passed out of the committee. first, tite 28 contains provisions that designate the study as a highly influential scientific assessment and require e.p.a. to follow its standard preer reviewed protocols for this assessment. this lack wadge is unnecessary because the e.p.a. considers the study to be a highly influential scientific assessment. secondly, this bill will affect the e.p.a.'s ability to carry out its important work. it may force the e.p.a. to delay production on their final report of the effect of hydraulic fracturing on water quality. it would delay an important report that's based on a study the e.p.a. initiated more than three years ago. the study was reviewed and approved the the independent science advisory board. the science advisory board found the study to be appropriate and comprehensiv