ignated by the Secretary for purposes of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY PAIN RESEARCH COORDINATING 
COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish not later than 1 year after the date of the en-
actment of this section and as necessary maintain a 
committee, to be known as the Interagency Pain Re-
search Coordinating Committee (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Committee’), to coordinate all efforts 
within the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices and other Federal agencies that relate to pain re-
search. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be 
composed of the following voting members: 
‘‘(i) Not more than 7 voting Federal 
representatives as follows: 
‘‘(I) The Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention. 
‘‘(II) The Director of the National 
Institutes of Health and the directors 
of such national research institutes and 
national centers as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
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‘‘(III) The heads of such other 
agencies of the Department of Health 
and Human Services as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
‘‘(IV) Representatives of other 
Federal agencies that conduct or sup-
port pain care research and treatment, 
including the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
‘‘(ii) 12 additional voting members ap-
pointed under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS.—The Com-
mittee shall include additional voting members 
appointed by the Secretary as follows: 
‘‘(i) 6 members shall be appointed from 
among scientists, physicians, and other 
health professionals, who— 
‘‘(I) are not officers or employees 
of the United States; 
‘‘(II) 
represent 
multiple 
dis-
ciplines, including clinical, basic, and 
public health sciences; 
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‘‘(III) represent different geo-
graphical regions of the United States; 
and 
‘‘(IV) are from practice settings, 
academia, manufacturers or other re-
search settings; and 
‘‘(ii) 6 members shall be appointed 
from members of the general public, who are 
representatives of leading research, advo-
cacy, and service organizations for individ-
uals with pain-related conditions 
‘‘(C) NONVOTING
MEMBERS.—The Com-
mittee shall include such nonvoting members as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The voting members of the 
Committee shall select a chairperson from among such 
members. The selection of a chairperson shall be sub-
ject to the approval of the Director of NIH. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Committee shall meet at 
the call of the chairperson of the Committee or upon 
the request of the Director of NIH, but in no case less 
often than once each year. 
‘‘(5) DUTIES.—The Committee shall— 
‘‘(A) develop a summary of advances in 
pain care research supported or conducted by the 
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Federal agencies relevant to the diagnosis, pre-
vention, and treatment of pain and diseases and 
disorders associated with pain; 
‘‘(B) identify critical gaps in basic and 
clinical research on the symptoms and causes of 
pain; 
‘‘(C) make recommendations to ensure that 
the activities of the National Institutes of Health 
and other Federal agencies, including the De-
partment of Defense and the Department of Vet-
eran Affairs, are free of unnecessary duplication 
of effort; 
‘‘(D) make recommendations on how best to 
disseminate information on pain care; and 
‘‘(E) make recommendations on how to ex-
pand partnerships between public entities, in-
cluding Federal agencies, and private entities to 
expand collaborative, cross-cutting research. 
‘‘(6) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review the 
necessity of the Committee at least once every 2 
years.’’. 
SEC. 4. PAIN CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 
(a) PAIN CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—Part D 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294 
et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating sections 754 through 758 as 
sections 755 through 759, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 753 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 754. PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN 
PAIN CARE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make awards 
of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to health 
professions schools, hospices, and other public and private 
entities for the development and implementation of pro-
grams to provide education and training to health care pro-
fessionals in pain care. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITIES.—In making awards under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to awards for 
the implementation of programs under such subsection. 
‘‘(c) CERTAIN TOPICS.—An award may be made under 
subsection (a) only if the applicant for the award agrees 
that the program carried out with the award will include 
information and education on— 
‘‘(1) recognized means for assessing, diagnosing, 
treating, and managing pain and related signs and 
symptoms, including the medically appropriate use of 
controlled substances; 
‘‘(2) applicable laws, regulations, rules, and poli-
cies on controlled substances, including the degree to 
which misconceptions and concerns regarding such 
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