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Opioid Program Evaluation Act or the OPEN Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to identify outcomes and develop metrics to evaluate: (1) the incidence of opioid abuse and illegal opioid distribution, and (2) the effectiveness of a DOJ grant program to provide opioid abuse services.
DOJ must publish outcomes and metrics and require grant recipients to collect and report data. The NAS must publish the evaluations.
(Sec. 3) Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into an arrangement with the NAS to identify outcomes and develop metrics to evaluate: (1) the incidence of opioid abuse and illegal opioid distribution, and (2) the effectiveness of HHS grant programs to address opioid abuse.
HHS must publish outcomes and metrics and require grant recipients to collect and report data. The NAS must publish the evaluations.
(Sec. 6) It amends the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 to reduce for FY2022 the authorization of appropriation for financial assistance under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance program.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5052 as passed House amended on May 10, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 10, 2016
Opioid Program Evaluation Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
410 Yea 1 Nay 22 not voting
Crossed both parties 1 of 411 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5052 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5052 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
7 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.