Releasing NIH grant funding

The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (in this section referred to as the Secretary)— (1) shall, immediately after the date of the enactment of this Act, with respect to a grant agreement or cooperative agreement entered into by the Secretary— (A) release and expend all funding to the extent required by such agreement; and (B) otherwise fully implement such agreement; (2) shall, as rapidly as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act, pay all pending reimbursement requests owed by the Secretary under the agreements described in paragraph (1); and (3) may not cancel any agreement described in paragraph (1) under which an awardee is performing active and ongoing research.