H.R. 5520 · 117th Congress
Literature Selection Technical Review Committee Reform Act of 2021
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Chris Jacobs
- Introduced
- 2021-10-08
- Latest action
- 2021-10-11 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.