I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4733 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 21, 2017 Mr. Welch (for himself and Mr. McKinley ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on the Budget , and Ways and Means , 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 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.