National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

United States116th CongressS-3810Senate
Updated: May 21, 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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HR-7041: National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

Introduced in House

  1. Introduced in Senate

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

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