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<title>Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-02-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a federal research public access policy, following common procedures for the collection and depositing of research papers, that is consistent with, and that advances, the purposes of the agency. </p> <p>Makes each federal research public access policy applicable to: (1) researchers employed by the federal agency whose works remain in the public domain, and (2) researchers funded by the agency. Specifies exclusions.</p> <p>Requires each federal agency to submit an annual report on its federal research public access policy to specified congressional committees. </p>]]></summary-text>
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