[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2973 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2973

To establish an Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 7, 2021

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Lee, Mr. Tuberville, and 
  Mr. Hawley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish an Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL 
              INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or the Director of the 
        National Reconnaissance Office;'' and inserting ``the Director 
        of the National Reconnaissance Office; or the Director of the 
        National Institutes of Health;'' and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or the National 
        Reconnaissance Office,'' and inserting ``the National 
        Reconnaissance Office, or the National Institutes of Health,''.
    (b) Appointment of Inspector General.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
appoint an individual to serve as the Inspector General of the National 
Institutes of Health in accordance with section 3(a) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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