42 U.S.C. § 283a–1 | Annual reporting to prevent fraud and abuse

(a)

Whistleblower complaints

(1)

In general

On an annual basis, the Director of NIH shall submit to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report summarizing the activities of the National Institutes of Health relating to whistleblower complaints.

(2)

For each whistleblower complaint pending during the year for which a report is submitted under this subsection, the report shall identify the following:

(A)

Each agency of the National Institutes of Health involved.

(B)

The status of the complaint.

(C)

The resolution of the complaint to date.

(b)

First report

January 15, 2007The first report under subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 1 year after .

July 1, 1944, ch. 373 Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(a)(3)Jan. 15, 2007120 Stat. 3691 Pub. L. 114–255, div. A, title II, § 2042(b)Dec. 13, 2016130 Stat. 1073(, title IV, § 403B, as added , , ; amended , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 114–2552016—Subsecs. (b), (c). redesignated subsec. (c) as (b), substituted “subsection (a)” for “subsections (a) and (b)”, and struck out former subsec. (b), which related to annual report by the Director of NIH on experts and consultants whose services were obtained by the National Institutes of Health or its agencies.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 109 of Pub. L. 109–482 section 281 of this titleSection applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2007 Amendment note under .