The Stop RFK's Bad Science Act would require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to reinstate any research grants or awards that were terminated or suspended between January 20, 2025, and the bill's enactment date, unless the NIH Director finds evidence of financial mismanagement, research fraud, or malfeasance. The bill affects researchers and institutions that received NIH funding and had their grants pulled during this period. Payment requests from reinstated grants must be processed within 30 days, and all reinstated grants would receive an automatic one-year extension to their funding timelines to compensate for the interruption. The bill does not specify new funding amounts but rather requires the restoration of previously approved funding that was suspended.
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