,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ab1       
#bjai,mr4 ,foster 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,takano1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,quigley1
 and ,ms4 ,titus7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to secure ,federal access 
to scientific literature and other      
subscription services by requiring      
,federal agencies and legislative branch
 research arms to make recommendations  
on increasing agency library access to  
serials1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,well-,informed1 ,scientific1       
,efficient ,government ,act of #bjai or 
the ,,wise ,government ,act4  #b4       
,agency journal subscriptions  7a7      
,prohibition on nondisclosure provision 
for journal subscriptions ,the head of  
an agency may not enter into any        
contract for a journal subscription that
 prohibits disclosure of the cost of the

 subscription to another agency or the  
,library of ,congress4  7b7 ,employee   
access to library subscriptions ,not    
later than #f months after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the head of 
each agency shall require that each     
library of the agency make easily and   
clearly available to the employees of   
the agency1 including regional          
employees1 through the intranet any     
policy or procedure for employee access 
to a subscription of the library4  7c7  
,report on increasing access to serials 
,not later than #ab months after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,administrator1 in consultation with the
 ,library of ,congress1 the applicable  
agency libraries1 and other relevant    
stakeholders 7including the ,defense    
,technical ,information ,center1 the    
,national ,library of ,medicine1 the    
,education ,resources ,information      
,center1 and the ,national ,technical   
,information ,service7 shall submit to  
,congress and each agency library a     

report on increasing agency library     
access to serials that includes--  7#a7 
a survey of subscriptions purchased and 
cost data for applicable agency         
libraries and the ,library of ,congress2
  7#b7 an outline of any issues with    
agency access to scientific serials and 
subscriptions1 which may include        
contract issues1 concerns arising with  
new publishing media 7including print1  
online1 and aggregated services71 the   
ability of agency employees to use      
agency library subscriptions in         
headquarters and regional offices1      
purchasing system inefficiencies1 and   
price concerns2 and  7#c7               
recommendations on addressing issues1   
including short-term and long-term      
solutions and assessing the potential   
need for greater interagency            
transparency and new purchasing models4 
7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,administrator ,the term ,administrator 
means the ,administrator of ,general    
,services4  7#b7 ,agency ,the term      

agency has the meaning given that term  
in section #eea of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,applicable agency 
library ,the term applicable agency     
library means the libraries of--  7,a7  
the ,executive departments listed in    
section #aja of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code2  7,b7 the military       
departments listed in section #ajb of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 and    
7,c7 any agency with a scientific focus1
 including the ,environmental           
,protection ,agency and the ,national   
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration4
  7#d7 ,director ,the term ,director    
means the ,director of the ,office of   
,management and ,budget4  7e7 ,rule of  
construction ,nothing in this section   
may be construed as requiring the       
disclosure of matters that are otherwise
 not subject to disclosure under section
 #eeb7;b7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code 7commonly referred to as the      
,freedom of ,information ,act74