Notes on the Federal Research Public Access Act

• This page is part of the Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP).
• Also see Notes on the Research Works Act (RWA).

The bill itself

• The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) FRPAA would strengthen the OA mandate at the NIH by reducing the maximum embargo period from 12 months to six months, and extend the new strengthened mandate to all the major agencies of the federal government.

Current version of the bill

• In the 112th Congress
  • FRPAA in the Senate (S. ///)
    • Introduced February 7, 2012 by John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
  • FRPAA in the House (H.R. ///)
    • Introduced February 7, 2012 by Mike Doyle (D-PA) ///

Previous versions of the bill

• In the 111th Congress
  • FRPAA in the Senate (S. 1373)
    • Introduced June 15, 2009 by John Cornyn (R-TX) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT).
  • FRPAA in the House (H.R. 5037)
    • Introduced April 15, 2010 by Rick Boucher (D-VA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Henry Waxman (D-CA).
  • Major endorsements
    • 120 US college and university presidents and provosts
    • 41 Nobel laureates
    • 10 library associations and public-interest organizations
    • NetCoalition
    • Committee for Economic Development
    • Others

• In the 109th Congress
  • FRPAA in the Senate (S. 2695).
    • Introduced May 2, 2006 by John Cornyn (R-TX) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
  • Major endorsements
    • 132 US college and university presidents and provosts
    • Others

Action in support of FRPAA

• Page on FRPAA from the Alliance for Taxpayer Access.

Discussion and analysis

• At the OA Tracking Project, see the articles and comments tagged with oa.frpaa.

• HOAP director Peter Suber has written several articles on previous versions of FRPAA:
  • Another OA mandate: The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, May 2, 2006.
  • Twelve reminders about FRPAA, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, February 2, 2007.
  • The return of FRPAA, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, August 2, 2009.
  • FRPAA introduced in the US House of Representatives, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, May 2, 2010.