Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act information
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act
Long title
A bill to provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency.
Acronyms (colloquial)
FASTR
The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) is a bill in the United States that would mandate earlier public release of taxpayer-funded research. The bill has been introduced in 2013,[1][2] 2015,[3][4] and 2017.[5][6] Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Senate version, while the bill was introduced to the House by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) and Kevin Yoder (R-Kans.). The bill is a successor to the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), which had been introduced in 2006, 2010, and 2012.
Senator Wyden advocated for the passage of the bill by arguing that "taxpayer funded research should never be hidden behind a paywall."[7]
FASTR has been described as "The Other Aaron's Law", named for open-access activist Aaron Swartz who died in a dramatic case in support of open access research in January 2013.[8]
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs unanimously approved the bill on July 29, 2015. It was the first time that the bill or any of its predecessors had gained committee approval and been forwarded to a full house of Congress.[9]
The bill is often compared to and discussed in conjunction with the Public Access to Public Science (PAPS) Act, also introduced in 2013.
As of 2024 the bill has not been enacted, partially due to lobbying by anti-open access publishers and trade groups such as Elsevier and the Association of American Publishers.[10][11]
^"S.350 - Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013". Congress.gov. 2013-02-14. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^"H.R.708 - Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013". Congress.gov. 2013-02-14. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^"S.779 - Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015". Congress.gov. 8 March 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^"H.R.1477 - Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015". Congress.gov. 2015-03-19. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^"S.1701 - Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017". Congress.gov. 2 August 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^"H.R.3427 - Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017". Congress.gov. 2017-07-26. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^"Wyden Bill Makes Taxpayer Funded Research Available to the Public". Wyden.senate.gov. 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
^Peterson, Andrea (2013-02-16). "The Other Aaron's Law: How FASTR Could Help Americans Access The Research They Paid For". Think Progress. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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