[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 3153 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 510
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3153

                          [Report No. 116-248]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2019

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

                             August 6, 2020

               Reported by Mr. Wicker, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support 
         research on opioid addiction, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding 
Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act'' or the 
``EFFORT Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Findings.--The Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) research gaps currently exist in the 
        prevention and treatment of opioid addiction;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the National Science Foundation's research on 
        opioid addiction has increased understanding of the 
        neuroscience of addiction, substance abuse intervention, the 
        role of illicit supply networks, the secondary effects on 
        families, the use of technology to address the opioid epidemic, 
        and options for alternative, non-addictive therapeutics for 
        pain; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the National Science Foundation and the 
        National Institutes of Health have recognized that fundamental 
        questions in basic, clinical, and translational research would 
        benefit greatly from multidisciplinary approaches and 
        collaboration.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. NSF SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON OPIOID ADDICTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Director of the National Science Foundation, in 
consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
shall support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on the 
science of opioid addiction.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Findings 
for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act'' or the ``EFFORT Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) research gaps exist in the prevention and treatment of 
        opioid addiction;
            (2) the National Science Foundation's research on opioid 
        addiction has increased understanding of the neuroscience of 
        addiction, substance abuse intervention, the role of illicit 
        supply networks, the secondary effects on families, the use of 
        technology to address the opioid epidemic, and options for 
        alternative, non-addictive therapeutics for pain; and
            (3) the National Science Foundation and the National 
        Institutes of Health have recognized that fundamental questions 
        in basic, clinical, and translational research would benefit 
        greatly from multidisciplinary approaches and collaboration.

SEC. 2. NSF SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON OPIOID ADDICTION.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Science Foundation, 
in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
shall support merit-reviewed and competitively-awarded research on the 
science of opioid addiction.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024.
                                                       Calendar No. 510

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3153

                          [Report No. 116-248]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support 
         research on opioid addiction, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             August 6, 2020

                       Reported with an amendment