,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #eaj #aafth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #caec
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-bdh ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,july #bd1 #bjai,received2 read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,august #f1 #bjbj,reported by ,mr4    
,wicker1 with an amendment,strike out   
all after the enacting clause and insert
 the part printed in italic  ,,an ,,act 
,to direct the ,director of the         
,national ,science ,foundation to       
support research on opioid addiction1   
and for other purposes4  #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  #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      
,congress finds that-- 7#a7 research    
gaps 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  7a7 ,in   
general ,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  7b7 ,authorization of       
appropriations ,to carry out this       
section1 there are authorized to be     
appropriated #aj1jjj1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd4       
,august #f1 #bjbj,reported with an      
amendment