3.0.0 2113 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z Senate S 2015-09-30 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-09-30T22:45:45Z American Innovation and Competitiveness Act 114 3084 S 2017-01-06 Became Public Law No: 114-329. Related bill CRS Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2016 114 6414 HR 2016-11-30 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Related bill CRS 2015-09-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2015-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2015-09-30 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-05-25 False Science, Technology, Communications General science and technology matters Government information and archives International scientific cooperation Public participation and lobbying Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Science and engineering education Scientific communication Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2015-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-26T17:05:04Z Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2015

This bill authorizes each federal agency, or multiple federal agencies working cooperatively, to use crowdsourcing and citizen science approaches to conduct activities designed to advance the agency's mission or the joint mission of the group of agencies.

"Citizen science" means a form of open collaboration in which individuals or organizations participate in the scientific process in various ways, including developing technologies and applications and making discoveries.

"Crowdsourcing" means a method to obtain needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting voluntary contributions from a group of individuals or organizations, especially from an online community.

Each federal agency engaged in a crowdsourcing or citizen science project shall make public and promote it to encourage broad participation of consenting participants.

The General Services Administration shall identify and develop relevant products and services to facilitate the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science activities.

]]> Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2015 Display Title Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to harness the expertise, ingenuity, and creativity of all people to contribute to innovation in the United States and to help solve problems or scientific questions by encouraging and increasing the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science methods within the Federal Government, as appropriate, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2113is/xml/BILLS-114s2113is.xml 2015-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.