Public Law 116-335. Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act
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An Act To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on opioid addiction, and for other purposes.Jan. 13, 2021[[H.R. 3153](/us/bill/116/hr/3153)] * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act.[42 USC 1861 note](/us/usc/t42/s1861). ## SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS ###
(a)Short Title This Act may be cited as the “Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act” or the “EFFORT Act”. ###
(b)Findings [42 USC 1862u note](/us/usc/t42/s1862u). The Congress finds that— ####
(1)research gaps currently exist in the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction; ####
(2)the National Science Foundation’s research on opioid addiction has increased understanding of the neuroscience of addiction, substance abuse intervention, the role of illicit supply networks, the secondary effects on families, the use of technology to address the opioid epidemic, and options for alternative, non-addictive therapeutics for pain; and ####
(3)the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have recognized that fundamental questions in basic, clinical, and translational research would benefit greatly from multidisciplinary approaches and collaboration. ## SEC. 2 NSF SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON OPIOID ADDICTION Consultation.[42 USC 1862u](/us/usc/t42/s1862u). The Director of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on the science of opioid addiction. Approved January 13, 2021.
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- Public Law 116–334To authorize the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to prescribe the manner in which programs of the agency are identified overseas, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–335To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on opioid addiction, and for other purposes
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