; (4) policies and procedures that ensure the integrity of the conduct and communication of publicly funded science are critical to ensuring public trust; (5) a Federal agency that funds, conducts, or oversees research should not suppress, alter, interfere with, or otherwise impede the timely communication and open exchange of data and findings to other agencies, policymakers, and the public of research conducted by a scientist or engineer employed or contracted by a Federal agency that funds, conducts, or oversees scientific research; (6) Federal agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee research should work to prevent the suppression or distortion of the data and findings; (7) under the First Amendment to the Constitution, citizens of the United States have the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances ; and (8) Congress has further protected those rights under section 7211 of title 5, United States Code, which states, the right of employees, individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a member of Congress . . . may not be interfered with or denied . 191603. Amendment to America COMPETES Act Section 1009 of the America COMPETES Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6620 ) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following: (a) Scientific integrity policies (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Scientific Integrity Act, the head of each covered agency shall— (A) adopt and enforce a scientific integrity policy in accordance with subsections (b) and (c); and (B) submit such policy to the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy for approval. (2) Publication Not later than 30 days after the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy approves the scientific integrity policy under paragraph (1), the head of each covered agency shall— (A) make such policy available to the public on the website of the agency