To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse for fiscal year 2024.

H.R. 1990 is a legislative proposal that seeks to cap the federal funding available to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for the 2024 fiscal year. If enacted, the bill would restrict the agency’s spending to the levels authorized for the 2019 fiscal year, effectively preventing budget increases for the department. For citizens, this would likely result in a reduction of federal resources dedicated to researching drug addiction treatments and public health strategies aimed at addressing the opioid crisis and substance use disorders.