S. 350: Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013

Introduced:
Feb 14, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Feb 14, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 14, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed Senate ...
Passed House ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

18% chance of getting past committee.
8% chance of being enacted.

Only 12% of Senate bills made it past committee and only 2% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
2 cosponsors (2D) (show)
Committees

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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Full Title

A bill 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.

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Last updated Feb 14, 2013.
8 pages

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2/14/2013--Introduced.
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a federal research public access policy, following common procedures for the collection and depositing of research papers, that is consistent with, and that 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 each federal agency to submit an annual report on its federal research public access policy to specified congressional committees.

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