,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ecaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ac1 
#bjbd,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the public release  
of all research supported by the        
,national ,institutes of ,health4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,scientific ,research ,accessibility
 and ,transparency ,act of #bjbd4  #b4  
,findings ,congress finds as follows3   
7#a7 ,according to the ,new ,york ,times
 article1 ,u4,s4 ,study on ,puberty     
,blockers ,goes ,unpublished ,because of
 ,politics1 ,doctor ,says 7,october #bc1
 #bjbd7-- 7,a7 ,dr4 ,johanna            
,olson-,kennedy led a study funded by   
the ,national ,institutes of ,health    
concluding that the mental health of    
children with gender dysmorphia did not 
improve after taking puberty blockers2  
7,b7 ,dr4 ,olson-,kennedy's team has    

delayed the release of data from this   
study because it may be used for        
political causes with which she         
personally disagrees2  7,c7 the project 
associated with ,dr4 ,olson-,kennedy's  
study has received #i1gjj1jjj in        
government funding2 and  7,d7 the       
,national ,institutes of ,health lets   
researchers independently decide how and
 when to publish their findings4  7#b7  
,scientific researchers in the ,united  
,states have a duty to release properly 
collected scientific data1 even if such 
data does not comport with the political
 interests of the researchers4  7#c7    
,the ,american public has a right to    
access data that was collected using    
taxpayer dollars1 regardless of the     
political interests of the researchers  
collecting the data4  #c4 ,publication  
of ,,nih research ,part ,b of title ,,iv
 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhd et seq47 is amended 
by adding at the end the following3     
#dji,k4 ,publication of research  7a7   

,in general ,with respect to any        
research conducted by the ,national     
,institutes of ,health or with the      
support of funding made available by the
 ,national ,institutes of ,health1 not  
later than #a year after the conclusion 
of the research1 the ,national          
,institutes of ,health or the person    
receiving such funding1 as applicable1  
shall make available for publication on 
the website of the ,national ,institutes
 of ,health1 and the ,national          
,institutes of ,health shall publish on 
such website1 in an easily accessible   
manner-- 7#a7 a report on such research2
 or  7#b7 if the person conducting such 
research does not complete a report on  
the research1 all raw data collected    
through the research4  7b7              
,noncompliance ,any person that does not
 comply with the requirements of        
subsection 7a7 shall be ineligible for  
funding from the ,national ,institutes  
of ,health for a period of #e years1    
beginning on the date on which the      

report or raw data was required to be   
made available for publication in       
accordance with subsection 7a74  4