3.0.0 4455 2023-01-11T13:26:39Z 2023-01-11T13:26:39Z House H HR 2014-04-10 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FOSTER:H.R. 4455.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof[Page H3197]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2014-06-13T17:49:56Z Referred to 2014-04-10T13:02:25Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2014-04-21T21:07:39Z Referred to 2014-04-10T13:02:20Z 2014-06-13 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2014-04-21 hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Committee 2014-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2014-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2014-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Bill Foster D IL 11 N R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 13 2014-04-10 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2014-04-10 True Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Government information and archives Higher education Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Science and engineering education Student aid and college costs Science, Technology, Communications 00 2014-04-10 Introduced in House 2014-06-17T22:01:10Z Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop high quality, college freshman-level, open source materials that: (1) contain, at minimum, a comprehensive set of textbooks or other educational materials covering topics in physics, chemistry, and calculus; (2) are posted on the Federal Open Source Material Website (Website); and (3) are free of copyright violations.

Requires the Director to establish and maintain the Website.

Requires materials on the Website to be made available free of charge. Allows those materials to be downloaded, redistributed, or revised by the public.

Directs the head of each federal agency that spends more than a specified amount in a fiscal year on scientific education or research to use at least 2% of those funds to collaborate with the heads of other such agencies or any federally funded research and development center to develop and implement procedures for checking the veracity, accuracy, and educational effectiveness of open source materials that are posted on the Website.

]]> Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2014 Display Title Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely available open source educational materials in college-level physics, chemistry, and math, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4455ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4455ih.xml 2014-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.