Bill Summary & Status - 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) - H.R.5116 - THOMAS (Library of Congress)

The American COMPETES Act (HR 5116), passed by the House of Representatives May 28, 2010. Section 123 creates an Interagency Public Access Committee. Excerpt: "The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a working group under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility to coordinate Federal science agency research and policies related to the dissemination and long-term stewardship of the results of unclassified research, including digital data and peer-reviewed scholarly publications, supported wholly, or in part, by funding from the Federal science agencies...."