S 2423
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
A bill making appropriations to address the heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.
Introduced: December 18, 2015
Introduced by:
Shaheen, Jeanne
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Dec 18, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill provides FY2016 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address heroin and opioid drug abuse. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.
For DOJ, the bill provides funds for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs.
For HHS, the bill provides funds for:
- the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
- the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
- the National Institutes of Health, and
- the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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