A bill to provide for a Federal mechanism within the Office of Science and Technology Policy for assessing the comparative risks involved in actions in scientific, technological, and related fields.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and offices, to establish a Federal mechanism within such Office to apply and promote the understanding and appreciation of comparative risks in scientific, technological, and related matters and to assist Federal, State, and local governments, private industry, and the public in making intelligent comparisons and evaluations of those risks. Requires any comparison, made for the purposes of this Act, of the risks involved in alternative scientific, technological, or related actions to include: (1) an evaluation of the risks to human health and life which would be incurred or increased by the proposed action or course of action in comparison with the risks which would be reduced or eliminated thereby; and (2) an evaluation of the risks to human health and life which would be incurred, increased, reduced, or eliminated as a consequence of the proposed action in comparison with the corresponding risks associated with the alternative action or actions. Requires the Office to submit to Congress, no later than September 30, 1980, a report on its activities and progress which shall speci…