S.Amdt. 3380

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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