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Union Calendar No. 417 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5052 

[Report No. 114–541, Part I] 

To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services to evaluate the effectiveness of grant programs that provide 

grants for the primary purpose of providing assistance in addressing 

problems pertaining to opioid abuse, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2016 

Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself and Mr. HOYER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 

MAY 6, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 6, 2016 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 


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A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services to evaluate the effectiveness of 

grant programs that provide grants for the primary purpose of providing assistance in addressing problems pertaining to opioid abuse, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Opioid Program Eval5 uation Act’’ or the ‘‘OPEN Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT 

7 OF JUSTICE PROGRAM. 

8 (a) EVALUATION OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COM9 PREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PROGRAM.—Not 

10 later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

11 the Attorney General shall complete an evaluation of the 

12 effectiveness of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant 

13 Program under part LL of the Omnibus Crime Control 

14 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 administered by the Depart15 ment of Justice based upon the information reported 

16 under subsection (d) of this section. 

17 (b) INTERIM EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen19 eral shall complete an interim evaluation assessing the na20 ture and extent of the incidence of opioid abuse and illegal 

21 opioid distribution in the United States. 

22 (c) METRICS AND OUTCOMES FOR EVALUATION.— 

23 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

24 this Act, the Attorney General shall identify outcomes that 

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1 sive Opioid Grant Abuse Program and the metrics by 

2 which the achievement of such outcomes shall be deter3 mined. 

4 (d) METRICS DATA COLLECTION.—The Attorney 

5 General shall require grantees under the Comprehensive 

6 Opioid Abuse Grant Program (and those receiving sub7 awards under section 3021(b) of part LL of the Omnibus 

8 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) to collect 

9 and annually report to the Department of Justice data 

10 based upon the metrics identified under subsection (c). 

11 (e) PUBLICATION OF DATA AND FINDINGS.— 

12 (1) PUBLICATION OF OUTCOMES AND

13 METRICS.—The Attorney General shall, not later 

14 than 30 days after completion of the requirement 

15 under subsection (c), publish the outcomes and 

16 metrics identified under that subsection. 

17 (2) PUBLICATION OF EVALUATION.—In the 

18 case of the interim evaluation under subsection (b), 

19 and the final evaluation under subsection (a), the 

20 National Academy of Sciences shall, not later than 

21 90 days after such an evaluation is completed, pub22 lish the results of such evaluation and issue a report 

23 on such evaluation to the Committee on the Judici24 ary of the House of Representatives and the Com25 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. Such report 


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1 shall also be published along with the data used to 

2 make such evaluation. 

3 (f) ARRANGEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY

4 OF SCIENCES.—For purposes of subsections (a), (b), and 

5 (c), the Attorney General shall enter into an arrangement 

6 with the National Academy of Sciences. 

7 SEC. 3. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT 

8 OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PRO9 GRAM. 

10 (a) EVALUATION OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COM11 PREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PROGRAM.—Not 

12 later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall com14 plete an evaluation of any program administered by the 

15 Secretary that provides grants for the primary purpose of 

16 providing assistance in addressing problems pertaining to 

17 opioid abuse based upon the information reported under 

18 subsection (d) of this section. 

19 (b) INTERIM EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years 

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

21 complete an interim evaluation assessing the nature and 

22 extent of the incidence of opioid abuse and illegal opioid 

23 distribution in the United States. 

24 (c) METRICS AND OUTCOMES FOR EVALUATION.— 

25 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 


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1 this Act, the Secretary shall identify outcomes that are 

2 to be achieved by activities funded by the programs de3 scribed in subsection (a) and the metrics by which the 

4 achievement of such outcomes shall be determined. 

5 (d) METRICS DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary 

6 shall require grantees under the programs described in 

7 subsection (a) to collect and annually report to the De8 partment of Health and Human Services data based upon 

9 the metrics identified under subsection (c). 

10 (e) PUBLICATION OF DATA AND FINDINGS.— 

11 (1) PUBLICATION OF OUTCOMES AND

12 METRICS.—The Secretary shall, not later than 30 

13 days after completion of the requirement under sub14 section (c), publish the outcomes and metrics identi15 fied under that subsection. 

16 (2) PUBLICATION OF EVALUATION.—In the 

17 case of the interim evaluation under subsection (b), 

18 and each final evaluation under subsection (a), the 

19 National Academy of Sciences shall, not later than 

20 90 days after such an evaluation is completed, pub21 lish the results of such evaluation and issue a report 

22 on such evaluation to the Committee on Energy and 

23 Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 

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1 lished along with the data used to make such evalua2 tion. 

3 (f) ARRANGEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY

4 OF SCIENCES.—For purposes of subsections (a), (b), and 

5 (c), the Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with 

6 the National Academy of Sciences. 

7 SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 

8 In this Act, the term ‘‘opioid’’ has the meaning given 

9 the term ‘‘opiate’’ in section 102 of the Controlled Sub10 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 

11 SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

12 No additional funds are authorized to be appro13 priated to carry out this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 417 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5052 

[Report No. 114–541, Part I] 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary 

opioid abuse, and for other purposes. sistance in addressing problems pertaining to grants for the primary purpose of providing aseffectiveness of grant programs that provide of Health and Human Services to evaluate the 

MAY 6, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 6, 2016 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 


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