3.0.0 6009 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z House H HR 2006-07-28 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-08-01T18:51:43Z Referred to 2006-07-28T14:16:25Z 2006-08-01 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000627 Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] MARTIN MEEHAN D MA T. 5 N Sports and Recreation Advertising Arts, Culture, Religion Cable television Commerce Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Federal-state relations Gambling Gifts Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health Intergovernmental fiscal relations Mass media Medical research Mental health Mental health services Mental illness Motion pictures Newspapers Periodicals Preventive medicine Professional associations Public service advertising Radio broadcasting Research grants Science, Technology, Communications State finance Television broadcasting of sports Sports and Recreation 00 2006-07-28 Introduced in House 2006-09-27T19:47:28Z Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national campaign to raise awareness of problem gambling issues.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) administer and coordinate the voluntary donation of resources to assist in implementing new programs and augmenting existing national campaigns to provide national strategies for dissemination of information intended to address problem gambling; (2) encourage media outlets throughout the country to provide information aimed at preventing problem gambling; and (3) target radio and television audiences of sporting events and gambling.

Requires the President: (1) to establish and implement a national program of research on problem gambling; (2) to appoint an advisory commission to coordinate the activities of federal agencies relating to such research; (3) to consider the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's recommendations; and (4) acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to develop a Treatment Improvement Protocol for problem gambling.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit agencies to provide comprehensive services with respect to treatment and prevention of, and education about, problem gambling issues.

Expresses the sense of Congress that every state should contribute a percentage of its revenue from gambling towards prevention and treatment of, and services and education about, problem gambling.

]]> Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2006 Display Title Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To address problem gambling. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6009ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6009ih.xml 2006-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.