H.R. 4211: EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
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H.R. 4211: EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-28 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
Plain summary
Enabling More Penetrating Oversight When Examining Research for NIH Act of 2021 or the EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021 This bill requires annual, unannounced, in-person inspections of all nonfederal entities that receive funding, including through subawards, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess whether the funded research is consistent with the research proposal and otherwise meets record-keeping requirements and NIH standards. The inspections are required even when an entity is located in a foreign country with a government that interferes with the inspection; entities that fail an inspection must return the full amount of NIH funding and lose eligibility for future NIH funding for at least five years. The bill is effective on October 1, 2023, and applies to NIH funding awarded both before and after that date.
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Official text
EMPOWER NIH Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4211.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr4211 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117