[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4514. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. RESEARCH INTO NON-OPIOID PAIN MANAGEMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, acting through the Director of the National 
     Institutes of Health and the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, shall carry out research with 
     respect to non-opioid methods of pain management, including 
     non-pharmaceutical remedies for pain and integrative medicine 
     solutions.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of 
     conducting research under this section, there are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
     fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

     SEC. 1065. LONG-TERM TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES 
                   OUTCOMES RESEARCH.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall award grants to eligible entities to carry out 
     evidence-based, long-term outcomes research, over 5-year 
     periods, for different modalities of treatment and recovery 
     support for substance use disorder, including culturally 
     competent (as defined in section 102 of the Developmental 
     Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 
     U.S.C. 15002)) treatment. Such research shall measure 
     mortality, morbidity, physical and emotional health, 
     employment, stable housing, criminal justice involvement, 
     family relationships, and other quality-of-life measures. 
     Such research shall distinguish outcomes based on race, 
     gender, and socioeconomic status, as well as any other 
     relevant characteristics.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
     may be necessary.

     SEC. 1066. CONTINUING CARE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN 
                   RECOVERY.

       Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
     inserting after section 547A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-2a) 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 547B. CONTINUING CARE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO 
                   MAINTAIN RECOVERY.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants to peer 
     recovery support services, for the purposes of providing 
     continuing care and ongoing community support for individuals 
     to maintain recovery from substance use disorders.
       ``(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     `peer recovery support services' means an independent 
     nonprofit organization that provides peer recovery support 
     services, through credentialed peer support professionals.
       ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2026, $50,000,000 for purposes of awarding grants 
     under subsection (a).''.
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