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Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013

Introduced: June 3, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb 14, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a federal research public access policy, following common procedures for the collection and depositing of research papers, 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 each federal agency to submit an annual report on its federal research public access policy to specified congressional committees.

What's happening now February 14, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 6
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Nov 12, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Nov 12, 2014
Loebsack, David
· Jul 24, 2014
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 23, 2014
Ellison, Keith
· May 21, 2014
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · May 21, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 3, 2014
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Oct 15, 2013
LATHAM, TOM
· Sep 17, 2013
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Jul 30, 2013
TERRY, LEE
· Jun 3, 2013
GREEN, GENE
· May 21, 2013
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· May 16, 2013
Polis, Jared
· Mar 7, 2013
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 14, 2013
Yoder, Kevin
· Feb 14, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 708: Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-708/
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"H.R. 708: Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-708/.
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H.R. 708, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-708/.
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