H.R. 3153 would direct the National Science Foundation (NSF), in consultation with the National Institutes of Health, to support research on the science of opioid addiction. CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 3153 would have no effect on the federal budget because the NSF already awards grants to institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations to study opioid addiction. In recent years, the agency has awarded several million dollars for such research.
