Rep. Ryan and Sen. Murray acknowledged that the basis of the legislation was a set of recommendations issued by the U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.

The Senate advanced a modified version of the bill in December 2018, which returned to the House for a final vote.

[1] Federal agencies have undertaken extensive activities to support implementation of the Evidence Act, beginning in 2019.

Many activities are documented in a report from the Data Foundation describing the status of the Evidence Commission's recommendations after 5-years.

[4] The federal government also published new resources that describe implementation progress that reflect respective titles of the law.