United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1477 (114th)
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015
Introduced
19 March 2015
Last action
19 March 2015 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Sponsors
Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5], Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4], Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 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. 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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Timeline
19 March 2015
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 19 March 2015 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1477
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1477
- us · 114-hr-1477 · source updated 5 December 2025