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Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act
To authorize the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award formula grants to the States to address gambling addiction, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill authorizes federal grants to states for gambling addiction prevention and treatment programs administered through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use. The bill also authorizes the National Institute on Drug Abuse to award grants for gambling addiction research. Funding is allocated to states using the same formula as existing substance abuse prevention and treatment block grants under the Public Health Service Act. For fiscal years 2025 through 2034, the bill authorizes appropriations equal to 37.5 percent of federal gambling excise taxes for state programs and 12.5 percent for research, requiring a report to Congress on program effectiveness within three years of enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Richard Blumenthal’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $9,500
- FREEPOINT COMMODITIES LLC $6,600
- ALIX PARTNERS $6,600
- PALANTIR $6,600
- KRUX INC. $6,600
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Actions (2)
- Feb 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Feb 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025
Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To authorize the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award formula grants to the States to address gambling addiction, and for other purposes.
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 “Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act”.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO ADDRESS GAMBLING ADDICTION.
(a) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.—
(1) In general.—The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall award grants to the States to address gambling addiction in amounts determined in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) Determination of amount.—The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall—
(A) allocate the total amount of funds awarded as grants under paragraph (1) among the States for a fiscal year in the same ratios as the Assistant Secretary allocates the total amount of block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-21 et seq.) among the States for such fiscal year; and
(B) if any State fails to apply for a grant under this subsection for such fiscal year, reallocate the amount that would otherwise be awarded to such State among the States that do so apply in proportion to the amounts allocated to such States under subparagraph
(A).
(3) Definition.—In this subsection, the term “State” has the meaning given to that term in section 1954 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-64).
(b) National Institute on Drug Abuse.—The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse may award grants to support research on gambling addiction.
(c) Report.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the programs and activities carried out pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034—
(1) to carry out subsection (a), the amount that is 37.5 percent of the amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the amount of taxes received under section 4401(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 during the preceding fiscal year; and
(2) to carry out subsection (b), the amount that is 12.5 percent of such amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury. <all>
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