US Congress House Bill 4447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-03 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act 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.

Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act

Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-03	House	Referred to House Budget
2016-02-03	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2016-02-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-02-03	House	Introduced in House

SB2423 (Related) 2015-12-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4447/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4447/BILLS-114hr4447ih.pdf