A bill to direct the NIH to intensify and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research with respect to the understanding of pain, the discovery and development of therapies for chronic pain, and the development of alternatives to opioids for effective pain treatments.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
5 Cosponsors (3 Republicans, 2 Democrats)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Inhofe Praises House Amendment to NDAA to Delist American Burying Beetle, Lesser Prairie Chicken”
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Sen. James “Jim” Inhofe [R-OK]
on May 15, 2015
History
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Mar 10, 2016
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate (House next)
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Mar 15, 2016
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Introduced
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May 13, 2016
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Passed House
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Jul 8, 2016
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Final Bill —
Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)
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Jul 13, 2016
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Final Bill —
Conference Report Agreed to by Senate
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Jul 22, 2016
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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S. 2678 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 2678. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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