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HR 5098 98th Congress House

Information Dissemination and Research Accountability Act

Official title: A bill to promote the dissemination of biomedical information through modern methods of science and technology and to prevent the duplication of experiments on live animals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 3, 1984 See on congress.gov
Health Animals and Animal ProtectionBiomedical materialsDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive reorganization
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Government paperworkGovernment records, documents, and informationInformation servicesInformation storage and retrieval systemsLibrariesMedical librariesMedical researchNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Protection of animalsResearch
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It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 8, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 8, 1984
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 14, 1984

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Information Dissemination and Research Accountability Act - Establishes in the National Library of Medicine a National Center for Research Accountability to assist in eliminating duplication of effort in Federal research proposals involving live animals.

Directs the President to appoint as members of the Center 20 experts in the biomedical information sciences who are currently employed by a Federal agency in a capacity which qualifies them to make determinations as to whether research proposals involving live animals are duplicative of other research efforts.

Requires submission to the Center before it is funded of any such proposal approved by a Federal agency. Prohibits funding of any proposal which the Center determines would duplicate other research completed or in process. Authorizes the Center to contract with private entities to assist in the conduct of comprehensive full-text literature searches. Requires an annual report to Congress and the President.

Directs the National Library of Medicine to: (1) acquire, transcribe, and store all biomedical information owned or available for use by Federal agencies; (2) support by grants and contracts the creation of new information for teaching and demonstrations; and (3) increase, by making grants and awards, the number of persons trained in modern methods of biomedical information storage and dissemination technologies. Permits the Library to contract with the private-sector data recording industry to improve the development of such technologies and the dissemination of full-text biomedical information to medical libraries. Requires the Library to report annually to Congress and the President on its progress.

Authorizes appropriations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5098: Information Dissemination and Research Accountability Act. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-5098/
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