HR 5520
117th Congress
House
Health
Literature Selection Technical Review Committee Reform Act of 2021
Introduced: October 8, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 8, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Literature Selection Technical Review Committee Reform Act of 2021
This bill makes various changes to the processes used by the National Library of Medicine to select scientific journals for inclusion in its databases.
The changes include requiring the use of an objective rubric to evaluate journals for inclusion and providing the right to appeal a delisting. In addition, the library must make publicly available the metrics used to determine whether to list or delist journals.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1