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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5311 

To require the public release of all research supported by the National 

Institutes of Health. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2024 

Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To require the public release of all research supported by 

the National Institutes of Health. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Scientific Research Ac5 cessibility and Transparency Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) According to the New York Times article, 

9 ‘‘U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished 


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1 Because of Politics, Doctor Says’’ (October 23, 

2 2024)— 

3 (A) Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy led a 

4 study funded by the National Institutes of 

5 Health concluding that the mental health of 

6 children with gender dysmorphia did not im7 prove after taking puberty blockers; 

8 (B) Dr. Olson-Kennedy’s team has delayed 

9 the release of data from this study because it 

10 may be used for political causes with which she 

11 personally disagrees; 

12 (C) the project associated with Dr. Olson13 Kennedy’s study has received $9,700,000 in 

14 government funding; and 

15 (D) the National Institutes of Health lets 

16 researchers independently decide how and when 

17 to publish their findings. 

18 (2) Scientific researchers in the United States 

19 have a duty to release properly collected scientific 

20 data, even if such data does not comport with the 

21 political interests of the researchers. 

22 (3) The American public has a right to access 

23 data that was collected using taxpayer dollars, re24 gardless of the political interests of the researchers 

25 collecting the data. 


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1 SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF NIH RESEARCH. 

2 Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 

3 (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 409K. PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any research 

7 conducted by the National Institutes of Health or with the 

8 support of funding made available by the National Insti9 tutes of Health, not later than 1 year after the conclusion 

10 of the research, the National Institutes of Health or the 

11 person receiving such funding, as applicable, shall make 

12 available for publication on the website of the National 

13 Institutes of Health, and the National Institutes of Health 

14 shall publish on such website, in an easily accessible man15 ner— 

16 ‘‘(1) a report on such research; or 

17 ‘‘(2) if the person conducting such research 

18 does not complete a report on the research, all raw 

19 data collected through the research. 

20 ‘‘(b) NONCOMPLIANCE.—Any person that does not 

21 comply with the requirements of subsection (a) shall be 

22 ineligible for funding from the National Institutes of 

23 Health for a period of 5 years, beginning on the date on 

24 which the report or raw data was required to be made 


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1 available for publication in accordance with subsection 

2 (a).’’. 

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