Association of American Universities (AAU) and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) write to Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Johnson on behalf of their member universities specifically concerning Section 302, Public Access to Research Articles and Data, of the “Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science and Technologies (FIRST) Act” discussion draft. These comments on the discussion draft are in addition to comments our two associations also endorse which were submitted by the Coalition on National Science Funding in its December 19, 2013 letter.