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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 9, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 9, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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