National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 10, 2021
Last action Jun 10, 2021
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Jun 10, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Jun 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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