Will the implementation of the Nelson memo be on hold after June 10, 2024?  
Is anyone on this list working in OSTP/agencies on a report newly required by approapriations committee? (due June 10th from what i can tell)

In trying to track down the latest status of NIH/NSF policy for whether funding for OA publishing will be allowed to support compliance with Nelson memo, I spotted this 
Posted March 3, 2024 - Appropriations Committee Press Release: https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/appropriations-committees-release-first-fy24-package

It appears that advocates for removing the language barring use of funds for OA publishing (Section 552) has been successful , but seems to have been replaced with the language below. It calls for an in-depth financial analysis of impact of the Nelson memo in 100 days. I recently saw something indicating that the report was attempted (as directed in HR 117-395), but there wasn't enough publicly available data to understand in-depth financials (can't recall where, jogging any bells for anyone else?)  

Open Access.-The agreement directs OSTP to produce an in-depth financial analysis of the August 25, 2022, Memorandum to Executive Departments and Agencies titled, "Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research" including the policy's anticipated impact on Federal research investments, research integrity, and the peer review process, as was previously directed in House Report 117-395, *no later than 100 days after the enactment of this act.* If OSTP fails to provide the Committees with the report within 100 days, then OSTP must pause implementation of the memorandum until the agency produces the report. (I calculate June 10 as latest date for report.)

Here is the link to HR 117-395 
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/117th-congress/house-report/395/1?s=1&r=27
see Open Access Publishing of Scientific Research.

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