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Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017

Introduced: July 26, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jul 26, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017

This bill requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a federal research public access policy that is consistent with, and that advances, the purposes of the agency and that follows common procedures for the collection and depositing of research papers.

Each federal research public access policy is applicable to: (1) researchers employed by the federal agency whose works remain in the public domain, and (2) researchers funded by the agency. The bill specifies exclusions.

Each federal agency must submit an annual report on its federal research public access policy to specified congressional committees.

What's happening now July 26, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1