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S 2096 112th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Research administration and funding

Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012

Introduced: February 9, 2012 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Feb 9, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 9, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012 - 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 that 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.

What's happening now February 9, 2012

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4004 Identical bill Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 24, 2012
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 9, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2096: Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2096/
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"S. 2096: Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2096/.
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S. 2096, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2096/.
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