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HR 6709 115th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Digital media Games and hobbies Health programs administration and funding

To prohibit the use of Federal funds by the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant for the development of any video game.

Introduced: September 5, 2018 Introduced by: Norman, Ralph Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 10, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 10, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Sep 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 5, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 5, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding grants to develop video games.

What's happening now September 10, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6709: To prohibit the use of Federal funds by the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant for the development of any video game.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6709/
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"H.R. 6709: To prohibit the use of Federal funds by the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant for the development of any video game.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6709/.
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H.R. 6709, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6709/.
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[H.R. 6709: To prohibit the use of Federal funds by the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant for the development of any video game.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6709/)
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