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Public Access to Science Act

Introduced: June 26, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 4, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Jun 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1380)
Jun 26, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 26, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Access to Science Act - Amends Federal copyright law to declare copyright protection unavailable to any work produced pursuant to scientific research substantially funded by the Federal Government to the extent provided in the funding agreement entered into by the relevant Federal agency pursuant to this Act.

Requires any Federal department or agency that enters into a funding agreement with any person for the performance of scientific research substantially funded by the Federal Government to include in the agreement a statement that copyright protection is not available for any work produced pursuant to such research under the agreement.

Expresses the sense of Congress that any Federal department or agency that enters into such funding agreements should make every effort to develop and support mechanisms for making the published results of the research conducted pursuant to the agreements freely and easily available to the scientific community, the private sector, physicians, and the public.

What's happening now September 4, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 18, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 26, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2613: Public Access to Science Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2613/
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