Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§283a–4 Notification to Director of Personnel Removed or Disciplined for Harassment, Bullying, Retaliation, or Hostile Working Conditions
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part A — National Institutes of Health › § 283a–4
Summary
Require institutions with NIH grant or cooperative agreement funding in fiscal year 2022 and later to tell the NIH Director if anyone named as a principal investigator or key personnel on the award is removed or disciplined because of concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions. The NIH Director may create rules to carry out this requirement.
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Title 42, §283a–4
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
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Codification 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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42 U.S.C. § 283a–4
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102