# 115-hr-4733: Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act

115-hr-4733, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4733
- Congress: 115
- Title: Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2017-12-21
- Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Cosponsors: 28
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act This bill establishes and provides funds for the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support pain-related research, including: understanding pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids for pain treatment as directed in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016; improving options and evidence for medication-assisted treatment and opioid overdose reversal treatments; and supporting the Federal Pain Research Strategy. NIH must establish the Pain Therapy Screening Program to award grants to support the development of new pre-clinical models for pain disorders, and the application of these models in drug, device, or other therapy screening.

## Cosponsors (28)

- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] (R-WV), 2018-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CULBERSON (R-TX), 2018-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2018-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2018-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2018-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2018-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2018-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2018-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] (R-WV), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2018-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4733 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4733)

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