Notes on the Federal Research Public Access Act

The bill itself

Current version of the bill

• In the 112th Congress

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).
  • Support for this version of FRPAA
    • 120 US college and university presidents and provosts endorsing FRPAA
    • 41 Nobel laureates supporting FRPAA
    • 10 library associations and public-interest organizations

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

Action in support of FRPAA

• Page on FRPAA from the http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/ Alliance for Taxpayer Access].

Discussion

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