,in the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 
,december #bb 7legislative day1         
,december #ba71 #bjbj4  ,amendment3     
,that the bill from the ,house of       
,representatives 7,h4,r4 #caec7 entitled
 ,an ,act to direct the ,director of the
 ,national ,science ,foundation to      
support research on opioid addiction1   
and for other purposes41 do pass with   
the following ,strike all after the     
enacting clause and insert the          
following3 #a4 ,short title2 findings   
7a7 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,expanding ,findings for        
,federal ,opioid ,research and          
,treatment ,act or the ,,effort ,act4   
7b7 ,findings ,the ,congress finds      
that-- 7#a7 research gaps currently     
exist in the prevention and treatment of
 opioid addiction2  7#b7 the ,national  
,science ,foundation's research on      
opioid addiction has increased          
understanding of the neuroscience of    
addiction1 substance abuse intervention1
 the role of illicit supply networks1   

the secondary effects on families1 the  
use of technology to address the opioid 
epidemic1 and options for alternative1  
non-addictive therapeutics for pain2 and
  7#c7 the ,national ,science           
,foundation and the ,national           
,institutes of ,health have recognized  
that fundamental questions in basic1    
clinical1 and translational research    
would benefit greatly from              
multidisciplinary approaches and        
collaboration4  #b4 ,,nsf support of    
research on opioid addiction ,the       
,director of the ,national ,science     
,foundation1 in consultation with the   
,director of the ,national ,institutes  
of ,health1 shall support merit-reviewed
 and competitively awarded research on  
the science of opioid addiction4        
,secretary