[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 74 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D488-D490]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:  15 public bills, H.R. 5188-
5202; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 723-724, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2282-83
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1621, to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield 
in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-562, Part 1); and
  H.R. 3211, to provide for the addition of certain real property to 
the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon (H. Rept. 
114-563).                                                    
Page H2280
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fortenberry to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 11 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy--Appointment: 
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member 
on the part of the House to the Board of Visitors to the United States 
Military Academy: Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY). 
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Providing for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to 
review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and 
prescribing pain medication: The House passed H.R. 4641, to provide for 
the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and 
update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain 
medication, by a yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 184. 
                                                  Pages H2234-47, H2253
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill

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shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule.                                  
Page H2238
Agreed to:
  Brownley (CA) amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) 
that adds the Office of Women's Health;                  
Pages H2238-39
  Brooks (IN) amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) 
that requires that any physician, dentists, non-physician prescriber or 
pharmacist who becomes a member of the Pain Management Best Practices 
Inter-Agency Task Force shall currently be licensed and practicing in 
their appropriate State;                                     
Page H2239
  Grayson amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
ensures that ``first responders'' are included for membership on the 
Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force; 
                                                         Pages H2239-40
  Clark (MA) amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) 
that adds to the Task Force an expert in adolescent and young adult 
addiction, and a person in recovery from addiction to medication for 
chronic pain whose addiction began in adolescence or adulthood, and 
directs the Task Force to consider the distinct needs of adolescents 
and young adults in its development of best practices;       
Page H2240
  Pallone amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
adds representatives of Veteran Service Organizations to the Pain 
Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force;       
Pages H2240-41
  Nolan amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
inserts a representative on the task force for active duty military, 
armed forces personnel, and veteran health and prescription opioid 
addiction;                                                   
Page H2241
  Watson Coleman amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-
551) that inserts a minority health expert as a representative to the 
Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force established by 
this bill;                                               
Pages H2241-42
  Kuster amendment (No. 8 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
requires that the task force research addiction trends in communities 
with high rates of prescription drug abuse;                  
Page H2242
  Schiff amendment (No. 9 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
requires the Inter-Agency Task Force, as part of its duties to review 
and update best practices for pain management strategies, to also take 
into consideration the coordination of information collected from State 
prescription drug monitoring programs for the purpose of preventing the 
diversion of pain medication;                            
Pages H2242-43
  Clark (MA) amendment (No. 10 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) 
that directs the Task Force to consider work done and any public 
comments submitted regarding electronic prescribing of opioids and its 
potential benefits, in the course of developing best practices; 
                                                             Page H2243
  Rothfus amendment (No. 11 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
requires the inter-agency task force, as part of its review and update 
of best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, 
to also take into consideration the practice of co-prescribing the 
overdose reversal drug naloxone;                             
Page H2243
  Clark (MA) amendment (No. 12 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) 
that directs the Task Force to consider, in the course of developing 
best practices, Federal agency programs and research relative to 
substance use and substance use disorders among adolescents and young 
adults, as well as any gaps identified by Federal government programs 
or researchers in the prevention of, treatment for, and recovery from 
substance use by and substance use disorders among adolescents and 
young adults;                                            
Pages H2244-45
  Esty amendment (No. 13 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
requires the inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best 
practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, 
specifically as it pertains to physician education and consumer 
education;                                               
Pages H2245-46
  Welch amendment (No. 14 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) that 
expands the task force report to include information and 
recommendations on developing new non-opioid forms of pain relief; and 
                                                         Pages H2246-47
  Sessions amendment (No. 15 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-551) 
that ensures the task force takes into consideration existing private 
sector, State, and local government efforts related to pain management 
and prescribing pain medication.                             
Page H2247
  H. Res. 720, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4641) and (H.R. 5046) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 255 ayes to 
163 noes, Roll No. 183, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 182. 
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Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Internment Restoration Act: The 
House agreed to take from the Speaker's table and concur in the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 4336, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for the burial of the cremated remains of persons who served as 
Women's Air Forces Service Pilots in Arlington National Cemetery. 
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  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide for

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the internment in Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated remains 
of certain persons whose service has been determined to be active 
service.''.                                                  
Page H2254
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Improving Safe Care for the Prevention of Infant Abuse and Neglect 
Act: H.R. 4843, amended, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act to require certain monitoring and oversight, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 421 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 185; 
                                               Pages H2248-53, H2253-54
  Opioid Review Modernization Act of 2016: H.R. 4976, to require the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs to seek recommendations from an advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration before approval of 
certain new drugs that are opioids without abuse-deterrent properties; 
                                                         Pages H2254-56
  Co-Prescribing To Reduce Overdoses Act: H.R. 3680, amended, to 
provide for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
grant program for co-prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs; 
                                                         Pages H2256-59
  Nurturing and Supporting Healthy Babies Act: H.R. 4978, amended, to 
require the Government Accountability Office to submit to Congress a 
report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the United States and 
its treatment under Medicaid;                            
  Pages H2259-63
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To require the Government 
Accountability Office to submit to Congress a report on neonatal 
abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the United States and its treatment under 
Medicaid, and for other purposes.''.                         
Page H2263
  Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act: H.R. 3691, 
amended, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women and to 
establish a pilot program to provide grants to State substance abuse 
agencies to promote innovative service delivery models for such women; 
                                                         Pages H2263-66
  John Thomas Decker Act of 2016: H.R. 4969, amended, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention to provide for informational materials to educate and 
prevent addiction in teenagers and adolescents who are injured playing 
youth sports and subsequently prescribed an opioid;      
  Pages H2268-70
  Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016: H.R. 4599, amended, to amend 
the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial fillings of 
prescriptions;                                           
  Pages H2273-75
  Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016: H.R. 4982, 
amended, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
evaluate and report on the in-patient and outpatient treatment 
capacity, availability, and needs of the United States; and 
                                                         Pages H2275-76
  Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act: H.R. 
4981, amended, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to improve access 
to opioid use disorder treatment.                        
  Pages H2276-80
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act: H.R. 1818, amended, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to 
streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military 
emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical 
technicians; and                                         
  Pages H2266-68
  Lali's Law: H.R. 4586, amended, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to authorize grants to States for developing standing orders and 
educating health care professionals regarding the dispensing of opioid 
overdose reversal medication without person-specific prescriptions. 
                                                         Pages H2270-73
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H2227.
Senate Referral: S. 1352 was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary. S. 1252 was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2233, 
H2233-34, H2253, and H2253-54. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:52 p.m.