,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjah,mr4
 ,brat introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to provide for prevention and treatment 
of substance abuse grants to recovery   
community organizations1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,prevention and treatment
 of substance abuse grants to recovery  
community organizations  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #aice of the ,public ,health  
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjx-#ce7 
is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by 
striking ,for the purpose of and        
inserting ,subject to subsection 7c71   
for the purpose of2 and  7#b7 by adding 
at the end the following new subsection3
  7c7 ,allocations for recovery         
community organizations  7#a7 ,in       
general ,beginning with fiscal year     
#bjai1 of the amounts appropriated under
 subsection 7a7 for a fiscal year1 #bj  

percent of such amounts for such year   
shall be used by the ,secretary to award
 grants to recovery community           
organizations for the purpose of        
providing recovery-focused addiction    
treatment for individuals with a        
substance use disorder4  7#b7 ,recovery 
community organization defined ,for     
purposes of this subsection1 the term   
recovery community organization means-- 
7,a7 an organization accredited by the  
,council on ,accreditation of ,peer     
,recovery ,support ,services2 or  7,b7  
an independent nonprofit organization   
described in section #edg7;a74  4  7b7  
,technical amendment ,subsection 7a7 of 
section #aice of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjx-#ce71
 as amended by subsection 7a77#a71 is   
further amended by striking the second  
period at the end4