[116th Congress Public Law 335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-335
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support 
 research on opioid addiction, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 13, 
                         2021 -  [H.R. 3153]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Expanding 
Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act. 42 USC 1861 
note.>> 
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) <<NOTE: 42 USC 1862u note.>>  Findings.--The Congress finds 
that--
            (1) research gaps currently 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. <<NOTE: Consultation. 42 USC 1862u.>>  NSF SUPPORT OF 
                    RESEARCH ON OPIOID ADDICTION.

    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.

    Approved January 13, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3153:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-131 (Comm. on Science, Space, and Technology).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 116-248 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 165 (2019):
                                    July 23, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 166 (2020):
                                    Dec. 21, considered and passed 
                                        Senate, amended.
                                    Dec. 31, House concurred in Senate 
                                        amendment.

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