US Congress House Bill 5037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-05-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 [sic] - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a specified federal research public access policy that is consistent with and 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 the submission of annual reports by each federal agency on its federal research public access policy.

Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009

Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
2010-04-15		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

HB5253 (Related) 2010-05-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
SB1373 (Related) 2009-06-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5037/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr5037/BILLS-111hr5037ih.pdf