Prohibition on participation by political employees in NIH grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, other transactions, and other funding arrangements

(a) In general Section 402 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282) is amended by adding at the end the following: (p) Prohibition on participation by political employees in NIH grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, other transactions, and other funding arrangements (1) In general The Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH, shall ensure that no political employee participates in the solicitation, review, scoring, selection, or awarding of grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, other transactions, or other funding arrangements made by the National Institutes of Health or the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. (2) Rule of construction Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect the requirements of section 406 or section 492.. (b) Report to Congress Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to Congress a report containing an accounting of the participation of political employees in the activities described in section 402(p)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by subsection (a) of this section) during the period beginning on January 20, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act.