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S. 1373 111th Congress Senate

Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency.

Introduced: June 25, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jun 25, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 25, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 25, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a specified federal research public access policy that is consistent with and advances the purposes of the agency.

Makes each federal research public access policy applicable to: (1) researchers employed by the federal agency whose works remain in the public domain; and (2) researchers funded by the agency. Specifies exclusions.

Requires the submission of annual reports by each federal agency on its federal research public access policy.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5037 Identical bill Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009
  • HR 5253 Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jun 25, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1373: Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1373/
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"S. 1373: Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1373/.
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S. 1373, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1373/.
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