text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative 
  Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
  
      There is established an Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative, to be 
  administered by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in 
  coordination with other agencies, as appropriate, which shall include 
  efforts to support research on the following:
              (1) Section 108 of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery 
          Act of 2016 (42 U.S.C. 284q-1), known as the STOP Pain Act, 
          which directs the National Institutes of Health to intensify 
          and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical 
          research with respect to--
                      (A) the understanding of pain;
                      (B) the discovery and development of therapies for 
                  chronic pain; and
                      (C) the development of alternatives to opioids for 
                  effective pain treatments.
              (2) Developing improved options and evidence for 
          medication-assisted treatment.
              (3) Developing improved options and evidence for opioid 
          overdose reversal treatments.
              (4) The Federal Pain Research Strategy, including research 
          that focuses on--
                      (A) novel drugs, non-addictive, and non-
                  pharmacological treatments for pain;
                      (B) screening tools and outcome measures for 
                  assessments across the continuum of pain;
                      (C) national registries, datasets, and research 
                  networks;
                      (D) effective models of care delivery for pain 
                  management; and
                      (E) precision medicine methodology to prevent and 
                  treat pain.
              (5) The components of the Department of Health and Human 
          Services five-point strategy to address the opioid crisis that 
          states: ``Providing support for cutting edge research on pain 
          and addiction''.
              (6) The pain therapy screening program established under 
          section 4.
              (7) Other elements that the Secretary of Health and Human 
          Services may designate, in consultation with the Director of 
          the National Institutes of Health.
  
  SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR THE OPIOIDS AND STOP PAIN INITIATIVE.
  
      (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated, and there 
  is appropriated, $5,000,000,000, to be used during the 5-fiscal year 
  period beginning in the fiscal year in which such funds are 
  appropriated, to the National Institutes of Health Innovation Account 
  to be used to administer the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative 
  established under section 2.
      (b) Emergency Spending.--
              (1) In general.--Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) 
          are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
          4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 
          933(g)).
              (2) Designation in the senate.--In the Senate, amounts 
          appropriated under subsection (a) are designated as an 
          emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. 
          Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
          budget for fiscal year 2010.
  
  SEC. 4. PAIN THERAPY SCREENING PROGRAM.
  
      (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
  (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall carry out 
  through the National Institutes of Health a program to be known as the 
  ``Pain Therapy Screening Program'' that focuses on the development of 
  pain therapeutics.
      (b) Grants.--The Secretary shall award grants under the program 
  under subsection (a) to eligible public and private nonprofit entities 
  to support the development of new pre-clinical models for pain 
  disorders, and the application of these models in drug, device, or 
  other therapy screening.
      (c) Model.--The program under this section shall be modeled after 
  the Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program carried out by the National 
  Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
      (d) Fees.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may assess 
  reasonable fees on private pharmaceutical or medical device industry 
  entities that utilize the program under this section to screen 
  proprietary molecular compounds and devices. Such fees shall be paid to 
  the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and transferred to 
  the NIH Innovation Account to be used for the Opioids and STOP Pain 
  Initiative established under section 2.
      (e) Funding.--The Director of the National Institutes of Health 
  shall determine the amount, and allocate, funds from the amount 
  appropriated under section 3, to carry out this section.
  
  SEC. 5. FUNDING PROVISIONS.
  
      (a) Supplement Not Supplant.--Amounts appropriated in this Act 
  (including the amendments made by this Act) shall be used to 
  supplement, not supplant, current funding for pain and opioid research 
  at the National Institutes of Health.
      (b) Acceptance of Donations.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 
  31, United States Code, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
  accept donations (including from the pharmaceutical and medical device 
  industries) to be used to assist in carrying out programs and 
  activities under this Act (and the amendments made by this Act). Such 
  donations shall be paid to the Foundation for the National Institutes 
  of Health and transferred to the NIH Innovation Account to be used for 
  the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative established under section 2.
      (c) Inclusion of Contribution Amounts in Basic Research for 
  Purposes of Research Credit.--
              (1) In general.--Paragraph (6) of section 41(e) of the 
          Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
          the following new subparagraph:
                      ``(E) Opioids and stop pain initiative.--The 
                  National Institutes of Health, if the payment is made 
                  in support of the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative, as 
                  established by the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative 
                  Act.''.
              (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
          shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
          enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 6. AUTHORITY.
  
      Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the Director of the 
  National Institutes of Health may use funds available under section 3 
  to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative 
  agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified pursuant to the 
  Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative established under section 2.
  
  SEC. 7. REPORTS.
  
      (a) Annual Reports.--Not later than October 1 of each of fiscal 
  years 2019 through 2026, the Director of the National Institutes of 
  Health shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
  Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
  Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of 
  the House of Representatives, a report that includes--
              (1) the amount obligated or expended in the fiscal year 
          prior to the fiscal year in which the report is being submitted 
          for each program or activity described in this Act (or an 
          amendment made by this Act);
              (2) a description of all such programs or activities 
          carried out using funds provided under this Act (or 
          amendments); and
              (3) a description of how such programs or activities are 
          advancing public health, including the impact on treating pain 
          and addressing opioid misuse in the United States.
      (b) Additional Reports.--At the request of the Committee on Health, 
  Education, Labor, and Pensions or the Committee on Appropriations of 
  the Senate, or the Committee on Energy and Commerce or the Committee on 
  Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Director of the 
  National Institutes of Health shall provide to the relevant Committee 
  an update in the form of testimony and additional reports concerning 
  the allocation of funding under this Act (or the amendments made by 
  this Act) or the description of the programs and activities carried out 
  with such funding.
target: Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act This bill establishes and provides funds for the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support pain-related research, including:  understanding pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids for pain treatment as directed in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016;  improving options and evidence for medication-assisted treatment and opioid overdose reversal treatments; and supporting the Federal Pain Research Strategy. NIH must establish the Pain Therapy Screening Program to award grants to support the development of new pre-clinical models for pain disorders, and the application of these models in drug, device, or other therapy screening.
feat_title: Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act