[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3415. Mr. BARRASSO 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:

       In section 302(c)(2)(A), insert ``or, in the case of an 
     Indian tribe, Federal or tribal agencies'' before ``; and''.
       In section 302(e)(1), strike ``and'' at the end.
       In section 302(e)(2), strike subparagraph (B) and insert 
     the following:
       (B) concluded that the law described in subparagraph (A) 
     provides adequate civil liability protection applicable to 
     such persons; and
       (3) consults with affected Indian tribes.
       In section 508(r)(3)(B) of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 290bb-1) (as amended by section 501(b)(2)), insert 
     ``Indian tribes,'' after ``agencies,''.
       In section 601(b)(4)(C)(vi), insert ``and affected Indian 
     tribes'' before ``; and''.
       In section 601(b)(5)(E), strike ``and'' at the end.
       In section 601(b)(5)(F), strike the period at the end and 
     insert ``; and''.
       In section 601(b)(5), add at the end the following:
       (G) ensures consultation with affected Indian tribes.
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