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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3579 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 11, 2024 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gambling Addiction, 

5 Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO ADDRESS GAMBLING ADDICTION. 

7 (a) SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERV8 ICES ADMINISTRATION.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary for 

2 Mental Health and Substance Use shall award 

3 grants to the States to address gambling addiction 

4 in amounts determined in accordance with para5 graph (2). 

6 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The Assist7 ant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use 

8 shall— 

9 (A) allocate the total amount of funds 

10 awarded as grants under paragraph (1) among 

11 the States for a fiscal year in the same ratios 

12 as the Assistant Secretary allocates the total 

13 amount of block grants for prevention and 

14 treatment of substance abuse under subpart II 

15 of part B of title XIX of the Public Health 

16 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.) among 

17 the States for such fiscal year; and 

18 (B) if any State fails to apply for a grant 

19 under this subsection for such fiscal year, re20 allocate the amount that would otherwise be 

21 awarded to such State among the States that 

22 do so apply in proportion to the amounts allo23 cated to such States under subparagraph (A). 

24 (3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

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1 tion 1954 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 300x–64). 

3 (b) NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE.—The 

4 Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse may 

5 award grants to support research on gambling addiction. 

6 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

7 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

8 Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on 

9 the effectiveness of the programs and activities carried out 

10 pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 

11 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 

13 2023 through 2032— 

14 (1) to carry out subsection (a), the amount that 

15 is 37.5 percent of the amount estimated by the Sec16 retary of the Treasury as being equal to the amount 

17 of taxes received under section 4401(a)(1) of the In18 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 during the preceding 

19 fiscal year; and 

20 (2) to carry out subsection (b), the amount that 

21 is 12.5 percent of such amount estimated by the 

22 Secretary of the Treasury. 

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