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  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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