See Peter Suber's Open Access News:
Congress sends revised spending bill, and OA mandate for NIH,
to President
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007/12/congress-sends-revised-spending-b
ill.html
Also:
> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:48:48 -0000
> From: Alma Swan <a.swan -- talk21.com>
> Cc: 'Peter Suber' <peters -- earlham.edu>
>
> The Appropriations Bill, with the language in about the NIH mandate,
> passed
> in the US Senate last night. It now *will* be signed off by President
> Bush.
> See Heather's message below.
>
> Heather deserves huge congratulations...
> Now to try to emulate her in Brussels ...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heather Joseph heather -- arl.org
> Sent: 20 December 2007 14:17
> To: Alma Swan; David Prosser
>
> Bill passed last night, and Bush will sign in next few days...
Received on Thu Dec 20 2007 - 17:51:39 GMT