Implementation of NIH grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions

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 certain project cancellations (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 200.340(a)(4) of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH, shall not cancel, delay, or suspend any covered agreement, including through use of the Payment Management System (or any successor system), unless the Secretary, acting through the Director— (A) issues written findings of financial mismanagement, research fraud, debarment, or malfeasance with respect to the covered agreement; and (B) not later than 30 days after the date of the cancellation or suspension, submits to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate notice of the cancellation or suspension, including a copy of such written findings. (2) Terms and conditions The implementation of a covered agreement under subsection (a) shall be— (A) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the covered agreement; and (B) for the full period specified in the covered agreement. (3) Covered agreement defined In this subsection, the term covered agreement means any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction..