H.R. 4211 · 117th Congress
EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
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Enabling More Penetrating Oversight When Examining Research for NIH Act of 2021 or the EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 28, 2021
Enabling More Penetrating Oversight When Examining Research for NIH Act of 2021 or the EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
This bill requires annual, unannounced, in-person inspections of all nonfederal entities that receive funding, including through subawards, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess whether the funded research is consistent with the research proposal and otherwise meets record-keeping requirements and NIH standards.
The inspections are required even when an entity is located in a foreign country with a government that interferes with the inspection; entities that fail an inspection must return the full amount of NIH funding and lose eligibility for future NIH funding for at least five years.
The bill is effective on October 1, 2023, and applies to NIH funding awarded both before and after that date.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
Also known as: Enabling More Penetrating Oversight When Examining Research for NIH Act of 2021
Latest action (Jun 29, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 28, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.