Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5261) to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for regional centers of excellence in substance use disorder education, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5261 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018'' or the ``TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION. Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 549 (42 U.S.C. 290ee-4) the following new section: ``SEC. 550. REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION.…
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Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), the coauthor of the bill who has been very active on many of these pieces of legislation.
Madam Speaker, I again thank the gentleman from Virginia for his leadership on this and so much other legislation. Madam Speaker, I urge passage of the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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