,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjaf ,mrs4
 ,capps 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,ellmers of 
,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 and  
,ms4 ,matsui7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,,nih to         
intensify and coordinate fundamental1   
translational1 and clinical research    
with respect to the understanding of    
pain1 the discovery and development of  
therapies for chronic pain1 and the     
development of alternatives to opioids  
for effective pain treatments4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,safe ,treatments and ,opportunities
 to ,prevent ,pain ,act or the ,,stop   
,pain ,act4  #b4 ,enhancing basic and   
applied research on pain to discover    
therapies1 including alternatives to    
opioids1 for effective pain management  
7a7 ,in general ,the ,director of the   
,national ,institutes of ,health        

7referred to in this section as the     
,,nih7 may intensify and coordinate     
fundamental1 translational1 and clinical
 research of the ,,nih with respect to--
  7#a7 the understanding of pain2  7#b7 
the discovery and development of        
therapies for chronic pain2 and  7#c7   
the development of alternatives to      
opioids for effective pain treatments4  
7b7 ,priority and direction ,the        
prioritization and direction of the     
federally funded portfolio of pain      
research studies shall consider         
recommendations made by the ,interagency
 ,pain ,research ,coordinating          
,committee in concert with the ,pain    
,management ,best ,practices            
,inter-,agency ,task ,force1 and in     
accordance with the ,national ,pain     
,strategy1 the ,federal ,pain ,research 
,strategy1 and the ,,nih-,wide          
,strategic ,plan for ,fiscal ,years     
#bjaf-bjbj1 the latter which calls for  
the relative burdens of individual      
diseases and medical disorders to be    

regarded as crucial considerations in   
balancing the priorities of the ,federal
 research portfolio4