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Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide grants to states to address gambling addiction, and authorizes the National Institute on Drug Abuse to provide grants for research on gambling addiction.
The bill authorizes appropriations for the grant programs through FY2034 from a portion of the revenue from the federal excise tax on state-authorized wagers (e.g., state-authorized sports betting).
Additionally, SAMHSA must allocate its grants for addressing gambling addiction among the states in the same ratios as grants under the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant program. The bill also requires a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the programs established by the bill.
People & committees
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] · D–OR
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H570-571)
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-07 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act would require federal grants to states to address gambling addiction and allow grants for research on it. State funding would follow the proportions used for an existing substance-abuse grant program. The bill would authorize funding for both efforts, but that authorization would not itself provide the money.
This Act may be cited as the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act.
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).
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;
The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse may award grants to support research on gambling addiction.
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034
The bill would require the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award state grants addressing gambling addiction. It adopts the definition of “State” from an existing public-health law; that definition is not reproduced in the supplied text.
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).
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).
Each state's share would match its share of the existing federal substance-abuse prevention and treatment block grants for that fiscal year. If a state did not apply, its allocation would be redistributed among applying states in proportion to their original allocations.
(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).
The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse would be permitted, but not required, to award grants supporting gambling-addiction research.
The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse may award grants to support research on gambling addiction.
Within three years after enactment, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would have to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the state-grant and research efforts.
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).
For each fiscal year from 2025 through 2034, the bill would authorize appropriations—funding that would still need to be provided—for state grants equal to 37.5% of Treasury's estimate of the preceding fiscal year's tax receipts under Internal Revenue Code section 4401(a)(1). Research grants would have an authorization equal to 12.5% of the same estimate. These are percentage-based authorizations, not fixed dollar amounts or an appropriation of those tax receipts.
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.
The supplied action snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction in the House, referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and sponsor introductory remarks on February 7, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T22:48:40Z. 2025-02-07: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-07: Introduced in House 2025-02-07: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H570-571)
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