(2) LICENSE.—An open textbook created, up-
dated, or adapted under paragraph (1) shall be li-
censed through an open license. 
(3) ACCESSIBILITY.—The full and complete dig-
ital content of each open textbook created, updated, 
or adapted under paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) posted on an easily accessible and 
interoperable web site, which site shall be iden-
tified to the Secretary by the eligible entity; and 
(B) made available free of charge to, and 
may be downloaded, redistributed, changed, re-
vised, or otherwise altered by, any member of 
the general public. 
(g) REVIEW PROCESS.—The Secretary shall develop 
a peer review and evaluation process in consultation with 
the Director to ensure that open textbooks created, up-
dated, or adapted under this section are of the highest 
quality, accurate in content, and meet or exceed market 
quality and accessibility standards. 
(h) REPORT.—Upon an eligible entity’s completion of 
a project supported under this section, the eligible entity 
shall prepare and submit a report to the Secretary regard-
ing all project costs, including the value of any volunteer 
labor and institutional capital used for the project. 
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(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 to carry 
out this section for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as 
are necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 5. LICENSING MATERIALS WITH A FEDERAL CONNEC-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, educational materials such as curricula and 
textbooks created through grants distributed by Federal 
agencies, including the National Science Foundation, for 
use in elementary, secondary, or postsecondary courses 
shall be licensed under an open license. 
(b) ACCESSIBILITY.—The full and complete digital 
content of each of the materials created as described in 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) posted on an easily accessible and interoper-
able web site, which site shall be identified to the 
Secretary by the grant recipient; and 
(2) made available free of charge to, and may 
be downloaded, redistributed, changed, revised, or 
otherwise altered by, any member of the general 
public. 
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that institutions of higher 
education should encourage the consideration of open text-
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books by professors within the generally accepted prin-
ciples of academic freedom that established the right and 
responsibility of faculty members, individually and collec-
tively, to select course materials that are pedagogically 
most appropriate for their classes. 
SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than September 30, 2015, the Secretary 
shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives detailing— 
(1) the open textbooks created, updated, or 
adapted under this Act; 
(2) the adoption of such open textbooks; and 
(3) the savings generated for students, States, 
and the Federal Government though the use of open 
textbooks. 
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