To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research to advance the understanding of gambling disorder, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8970 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8970 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research to advance the understanding of gambling disorder, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research to advance the understanding of gambling disorder, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Gambling Disorder Health Study Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) gambling disorder was categorized as a behavioral addiction in 2013 in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., text rev. 2022) published by the American Psychiatric Association; (2) although gambling disorder is categorized along with substance-related and addictive disorders that include alcohol, tobacco, and drug-related addictions, no Federal agency has been designated to fund and guide research, programs, or policies addressing gambling disorder in the United States on a national level; (3) this absence of Federal funding and guidance has resulted in a lack of research and resources available to address gambling disorder and gambling harm; (4) in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 584 U.S. 453 (2018), the Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (Public Law 102- 427), allowing States to legalize and regulate sports betting; and (5) following the Supre