[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3380. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. __. GRANTS FOR DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES TO OPIOID DRUGS.

       Section 409J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     284q) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Grants for Developing Alternatives to Opioid Drugs.--
     The Director of NIH may award grants in collaboration with 
     the Pain Consortium for increasing research and development 
     opportunities to accelerate the development of drugs that are 
     alternatives to opioids for effective pain treatments.''.
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