Us Code § 283a - –4. Notification to Director of personnel removed or disciplined for harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions
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§ 283a. –4. Notification to Director of personnel removed or disciplined for harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall hereafter require institutions that receive funds through a grant or cooperative agreement during fiscal year 2022 and in future years to notify the Director when individuals identified as a principal investigator or as key personnel in an NIH notice of award are removed from their position or are otherwise disciplined due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions. The Director may issue regulations consistent with this section.
(Pub. L. 117–103, div. H, title II, §239, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 474.)
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Section was enacted as part of the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2022, and also as part of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
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