‘‘(B) RIGHT TO BE PRESENT.—A journal 
being reviewed pursuant to subparagraph 
(A)(ii)(II) shall have the right to be present at 
such review. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD FOR APPEAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, upon review pursu-
ant to paragraph (2)(A)(ii), the Literature Se-
lection Technical Review Committee (or any 
successor committee) recommends that a jour-
nal be delisted from MEDLINE (or any other 
current or successor databases or indices), and 
the Secretary agrees with such recommendation 
and issues a decision to delist the journal, the 
journal shall have a period of 60 days to appeal 
the Secretary’s decision pursuant to paragraph 
(4). 
‘‘(B) NO CHANGE TO STATUS DURING AP-
PEAL.—During the 60-day period under sub-
paragraph (A) and during an appeal under 
paragraph (4), the Secretary shall not make 
any change in the journal’s status with 
MEDLINE (or any other current or successor 
databases or indices). 
‘‘(4) APPEALS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish and make publicly available a stand-
ardized process for journals to appeal a decision 
described in paragraph (3)(A). 
‘‘(B) MEETING.—Under the process under 
subparagraph (A), the Literature Selection 
Technical Review Committee (or any successor 
committee) shall determine, at the Committee’s 
next meeting that takes place at least 30 days 
after an appeal is filed, whether to recommend 
that the Secretary’s decision to delist the jour-
nal involved should be reversed. Prior to the 
Committee making such a determination, the 
journal shall be afforded an opportunity to— 
‘‘(i) attend such meeting; and 
‘‘(ii) present its appeal in person or, if 
it so chooses, in writing. 
‘‘(C) 
FINAL
RECOMMENDATION.—After 
meeting pursuant to subparagraph (B) with re-
spect to a decision to delist a journal, the Lit-
erature Selection Technical Review Committee 
(or any successor committee) shall— 
‘‘(i) make a final recommendation 
with respect such delisting; and 
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‘‘(ii) concurrently with the trans-
mission of such final recommendation to 
the Secretary, notify the journal of such 
final recommendation. 
‘‘(D) FINAL DECISION.—Not later than 30 
days after receiving a final recommendation 
pursuant to subparagraph (C), the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(i) make a final decision as to wheth-
er the journal should be delisted from 
MEDLINE (or any other current or suc-
cessor databases or indices); and 
‘‘(ii) notify the journal of such deci-
sion, including by providing a detailed ex-
planation of such decision. 
‘‘(E) POST-DECISION PERIOD.—If the Sec-
retary decides pursuant to subparagraph (D) to 
delist a journal, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) give the journal a period of 30 
days to inform its authors, subscribers, 
and other relevant parties that the journal 
will no longer be listed; and 
‘‘(ii) refrain from delisting the journal 
until the conclusion of such 30-day period. 
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‘‘(F) RIGHT
TO
REAPPLY.—Any journal 
that is delisted pursuant to this section from 
MEDLINE (or any other current or successor 
databases or indices) shall, beginning on the 
date that is one year after the date of its 
delisting, have the right to reapply, but not 
more than once each year, to be re-listed in 
MEDLINE (or any successor databases or indi-
ces). 
‘‘(5) PREVIOUSLY DELISTED JOURNALS.—Any 
journal that was delisted from MEDLINE on or 
after January 1, 2016, and before the date of enact-
ment of this section, shall be given an opportunity 
during the 60-day period following such date of en-
actment to appeal the delisting. Any such appeal 
shall be resolved pursuant to the process described 
in paragraph (4).’’. 
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