Stop RFK’s BS Act

Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, any covered grants or awards terminated or suspended during the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be, unless the Director makes a finding of financial mismanagement, research fraud, or malfeasance with respect to such grants or awards—

(1) reinstated; and

(2) considered obligated.

A payment request made by the recipient of a covered grant or award to a National Institutes of Health official with respect to such covered grant or award shall be disbursed as soon as possible, and in no case later than 30 calendar days after the date on which such a payment request is submitted to the National Institutes of Health official.

In the case of a covered grant or award that is reinstated or disbursed under subsection (a) or (b) (as the case may be), the budget period of such grant or award shall be extended for a 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

In this section:

The term budget period has the meaning given such term in section 1.2 of the document entitled NIH Grants Policy Statement, published in April 2024 by the National Institutes of Health.

The term covered grant or award means a grant or other award made by a National Institutes of Health official under a provision of law administered by such an official.

The term Director means the Director of the National Institutes of Health.

The term National Institutes of Health official means—

(A) the Director; and

(B) any other official within the National Institutes of Health with responsibility for making a grant or award of Federal funds under a provision of law administered by the Director or such other official.