House Bills - 110th Congress

H.R. 1170—The Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2007

On February 16, 2007, Representative Martin Meehan (D-MA) introduced H.R. 1170, the Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2007. H.R. 1170 includes a research provision which would require the President to establish a national program of research on problem gambling. The bill would require the President to appoint an advisory commission to coordinate activities of Federal agencies relating to research on problem gambling including the activities of the NIH. H.R. 1170 was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.