To require the Director of the NIH shall conduct a comprehensive study and submit to Congress a report that includes a portfolio analysis of current funding levels of the NIH related to mental health and substance use disorder.

SA 3858. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. King, and Ms. Heitkamp)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695
proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division B, insert
the following:
Sec. __.  Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, and using funds appropriated under this
division, the Director of the NIH shall conduct a
comprehensive study and submit to Congress a report that--
(1) includes a portfolio analysis of current funding levels
of the NIH related to mental health and substance use
disorder; and
(2) identifies the process by which the NIH set funding
priorities for mental health and substance use disorder
programs, including how NIH takes into account newly
developed public health needs, disease burden, emerging
scientific opportunities, and scientific progress.
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