National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

United States116th CongressHR-7041House of Representatives
Updated: May 27, 2020

Summary

National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act This bill specifies that the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may only fire a director of a national research institute or national center of the NIH on the basis of malfeasance, neglect of office, or incapacity.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

S-3810: National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

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