S.Amdt. 373

SA 373. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Kohl) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr.
Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 192, after line 21, add the following:

SEC. 807. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES
OF HEALTH.

(a) Enforcing Conflict of Interest Provisions.--The
Director of the National Institutes of Health shall enforce
the conflict of interest policies of the National Institutes
of Health and respond in a timely manner when such policies
have been violated by recipients of grant funds--
(1) provided under this title; or
(2) otherwise appropriated for fiscal year 2009.
(b) Provide Information.--In the case in which the
principal investigator for a recipient of a grant awarded
with funds provided under this title or otherwise
appropriated for fiscal year 2009, that is more than $250,000
awarded by the Director of the National Institutes of Health
has a conflict of interest, the recipient of the grant shall
provide to the Director the following information:
(1) The degree of the primary investigator's significant
financial interest, estimated to the nearest $1,000.
(2) A detailed report explaining how the recipient of the
grant will manage the primary investigator's conflict of
interest.
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