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

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.