National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-7041
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-05-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7041 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 27, 2020 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Connolly , and Mr. Lynch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide that any termination of a director of a national research institute or national center of the National Institutes of Health be on the basis of malfeasance, neglect of office, or incapacity only.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act . 2. Removal of Directors of the national research institute or national center of the NIH Section 405(a)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 284(a)(2)(E) ) is amended— (1) in the heading of subparagraph (E), by striking Rule of construction and inserting Termination for cause ; and (2) by inserting , except that any such termination may be made only on the basis of malfeasance by, neglect of office by, or incapacity of the director before the period.