This is already a requirement from several government funding agencies, for instance from NIH:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;publicaccess.nih.gov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;publicaccess.nih.gov</a><p>This is based on the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act (which specifies NIH funded research). What would be nice is if this type of act would be passed for all govt. funding agencies.