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H.R. 3427 115th Congress House

Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017

Official title: 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: November 14, 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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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1701 Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Nov 14, 2017
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Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 26, 2017
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 26, 2017
Yoder, Kevin
· Jul 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3427: Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3427/
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"H.R. 3427: Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3427/.
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