PROTECTION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS.

SEC. 163. PROTECTION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS. 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 include termination 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.”.