Frank Pallone: “I ask all of my colleagues to support this bill. As I said, this interagency task force is an important part of this…”

“I ask all of my colleagues to support this bill. As I said, this interagency task force is an important part of this larger opioid package that we produced in the Committee on Energy and Commerce on a bipartisan basis. I know the rest of those bills are going to come up on suspension--or most of them--this afternoon. I can't emphasize enough the importance of this package, as well as this bill, as being part of it. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 5-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 5-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute, recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. The text of the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute is as follows: H.R. 4641 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS. (a) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and (2) the term ``task force'' means the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force convened under subsection (b).…”