Literature Selection Technical Review Committee Reform Act of 2021
Summary
Literature Selection Technical Review Committee Reform Act of 2021 This bill makes various changes to the processes used by the National Library of Medicine to select scientific journals for inclusion in its databases. The changes include requiring the use of an objective rubric to evaluate journals for inclusion and providing the right to appeal a delisting. In addition, the library must make publicly available the metrics used to determine whether to list or delist journals.
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Oct 2021
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Introduced Oct 8, 2021
Last action Oct 11, 2021
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Oct 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Oct 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Oct 8, 2021
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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