H.R. 5609

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To direct the National Institutes of Health to reinstate funding to recipients of grants or other awards, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · September 26, 2025 · Sponsor: Ms. Stevens · Committee: Committee on Energy and Commerce

Table of contents

• H.R. 5609
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Reinstatement of funding for national institutes of health grants and other awards

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the or the .

SEC. 2. Reinstatement of funding for national institutes of health grants and other awards

• (a) In general
  • 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—
    • reinstated; and
    • considered obligated.
• (b) Approved requests
  • 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.
• (c) 1-Year extension of term
  • 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.
• (d) Definitions
  • In this section:
    • The term has the meaning given such term in section 1.2 of the document entitled , published in April 2024 by the National Institutes of Health. budget period NIH Grants Policy Statement
    • The term means a grant or other award made by a National Institutes of Health official under a provision of law administered by such an official. covered grant or award
    • The term means the Director of the National Institutes of Health.
    • The term means— National Institutes of Health official