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 107 STAT. 142 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 (d) COMPENSATION.— Members of the Commission may not receive compensation for service on the Commission. Members may be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the duties of the Commission. (e) REPORT. —Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Commission is established under subsection (a), the Commission shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report containing the recommendations developed under subsection (b). Regulations. SEC. 163. PROTECTION OF WfflSTLEBLOWERS. Section 493 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 161 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: " (e) PROTECTION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any entity required to establish administrative processes under subsection (b), the Secretary shall by regulation establish standards for preventing, and for responding to the occurrence of retaliation by such entity, its officials or agents, against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment in response to the employee having in good faith— "(A) made an allegation that the entity, its officials or agents, has engaged in or failed to adequately respond to an allegation of research misconduct; or "(B) cooperated with an investigation of such an allegation. "(2) MONITORING BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall by regulation establish procedures for the Director to monitor the implementation of the standards established by an entity under paragraph (1) for the purpose of determining whether the procedures have been established, and are being utilized, in accordance with the standards established under such paragraph. "(3) NONCOMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall by regulation establish remedies for noncompliance by an entity, its officials or agents, which has engaged in retaliation in violation of the standards established under paragraph (1), Such remedies may includetermination of funding provided by the Secretary for such project or recovery of funding being provided by the Secretary for such project, or other actions as appropriate.". SEC\l64. REQUIREMENT OF REGULATIONS REGARDING PROTECTION AGAINST FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CER- TAIN PROJECTS OF RESEARCH. Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated by section 141(a)(2) of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 493 the following new section: "PROTECTION AGAINST FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CERTAIN PROJECTS OF RESEARCH 42 USC 289b-i. " SEC 493A. (a) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.— The Secretary shall by regulation define the specific circumstances that constitute the existence of a financial interest in a project on the part of an entity or individual that will, or may be reasonably expected to, create a bias in favor of obtaining results in such project that

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