II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2260 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 21, 2017 Mr. Schatz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the National Institutes of Health with respect to opioid abuse, the understanding of pain, and the discovery and development of safer and more effective treatments and preventive interventions for pain.