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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6982 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2024 
Ms. SALINAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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 Representa-
tives 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 SERV-
ICES ADMINISTRATION.— 
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(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 para-
graph (2). 
(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The Assist-
ant 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, re-
allocate the amount that would otherwise be 
awarded to such State among the States that 
do so apply in proportion to the amounts allo-
cated to such States under subparagraph (A). 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘State’’ has the meaning given to that term in sec-
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tion 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 
2023 through 2032— 
(1) to carry out subsection (a), the amount that 
is 37.5 percent of the amount estimated by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury as being equal to the amount 
of taxes received under section 4401(a)(1) of the In-
ternal 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. 
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