Interagency public access committee

The Director shall establish a working group under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility to coordinate Federal science agency research and policies related to the dissemination and long-term stewardship of the results of unclassified research, including digital data and peer-reviewed scholarly publications, supported wholly, or in part, by funding from the Federal science agencies. The working group shall— Nothing in this section shall be construed to undermine any right under the provisions of title 17 or 35. Nothing defined in section (b) shall be construed to affect existing law with respect to Federal science agencies’ policies related to public access. Not later than 1 year after January 4, 2011, the Director shall transmit a report to Congress describing— For the purposes of this section, the term “Federal science agency” means any Federal agency with an annual extramural research expenditure of over $100,000,000.