3.0.0 4244 2022-12-30T15:47:37Z 2022-12-30T15:47:37Z House HR 2021-06-29 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 29, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TRONE:H.R. 4244.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H3309]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2021-06-30T15:22:55Z Referred to 2021-06-29T14:00:35Z 2021-06-30 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2021-06-29 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2021-06-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-06-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 N M001136 Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-10] Lisa McClain R MI C. 10 2021-06-29 True Health Health 00 2021-06-29 Introduced in House 2021-12-20T22:48:05Z Stopping Titles that Overtly Perpetuate Stigma Act or the STOP Stigma Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidance for renaming the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and other agencies and programs with names that contain stigmatizing terms such as abuse, addict, or alcoholic.

HHS must also provide Congress with an assessment of the cost of such name changes and recommendations to revise federal laws to rename agencies or programs that are designated in statute.

]]> STOP Stigma Act Display Title STOP Stigma Act Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill STOP Stigma Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill Stopping Titles that Overtly Perpetuate Stigma Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To make amendments to the names of certain agencies to help end the stigmatization of substance use disorder, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced STOP Stigma Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Stopping Titles that Overtly Perpetuate Stigma Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr4244ih/xml/BILLS-117hr4244ih.xml 2021-06-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.