[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3942-S3943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1902. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 738. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON GAMBLING AND PROBLEM 
                   GAMBLING BEHAVIOR AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study on gaming facilities at military 
     installations and problem gambling among members of the Armed 
     Forces.
       (b) Matters Included.--The study conducted under subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) With respect to gaming facilities at military 
     installations, disaggregated by each branch of the Armed 
     Forces--
       (A) the number, type, and location of such gaming 
     facilities;
       (B) the total amount of cash flow through such gaming 
     facilities; and
       (C) the amount of revenue generated by such gaming 
     facilities for morale, welfare, and recreation programs of 
     the Department of Defense.
       (2) An assessment of the prevalence of and particular risks 
     for problem gambling among members of the Armed Forces, 
     including such recommendations for policies and programs to 
     be carried out by the Department to address problem gambling 
     as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (3) An assessment of the ability and capacity of military 
     health care personnel to adequately diagnose and provide 
     dedicated treatment for problem gambling, including--
       (A) a comparison of treatment programs of the Department 
     for alcohol abuse, illegal substance abuse, and tobacco 
     addiction with treatment programs of the Department for 
     problem gambling; and
       (B) an assessment of whether additional training for 
     military health care personnel on providing treatment for 
     problem gambling would be beneficial.
       (4) An assessment of the financial counseling and related 
     services that are available to members of the Armed Forces 
     and their

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     dependents who are impacted by problem gambling.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
     the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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