remember them when you vote...

[sardius]

this human waste voted for HR 4411 to make internet gambling illegal.

REMEMBER THIS GARBAGE NEXT TIME YOU VOTE AND TAKE IT TO THE DUMPSTER!!!

:mj12:
Alabama :rant2:
Aye AL-1 Bonner, Jo [R]
Aye AL-2 Everett, Terry [R]
Aye AL-3 Rogers, Michael [R]
Aye AL-4 Aderholt, Robert [R]
Aye AL-5 Cramer, Robert [D]
Aye AL-6 Bachus, Spencer [R]
Aye AL-7 Davis, Artur [D]
Arizona
Aye AZ-1 Renzi, Rick [R]
Aye AZ-2 Franks, Trent [R]
Aye AZ-3 Shadegg, John [R]
Aye AZ-5 Hayworth, John [R]
Arkansas
Aye AR-1 Berry, Robert [D]
Aye AR-2 Snyder, Victor [D]
Aye AR-3 Boozman, John [R]
Aye AR-4 Ross, Mike [D]
California
Aye CA-1 Thompson, C. [D]
Aye CA-2 Herger, Walter [R]
Aye CA-3 Lungren, Daniel [R]
Aye CA-4 Doolittle, John [R]
Aye CA-8 Pelosi, Nancy [D]
Aye CA-12 Lantos, Tom [D]
Aye CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis [D]
Aye CA-19 Radanovich, George [R]
Aye CA-20 Costa, Jim [D]
Aye CA-21 Nunes, Devin [R]
Aye CA-22 Thomas, William [R]
Aye CA-24 Gallegly, Elton [R]
Aye CA-25 McKeon, Howard [R]
Aye CA-27 Sherman, Brad [D] ]
Aye CA-30 Waxman, Henry [D]
Aye CA-35 Waters, Maxine [D]
Aye CA-36 Harman, Jane [D]
Aye CA-37 Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D]
Aye CA-40 Royce, Edward [R]
Aye CA-41 Lewis, Jerry [R]
Aye CA-42 Miller, Gary [R]
Aye CA-44 Calvert, Ken [R]
Aye CA-45 Bono, Mary [R]
Aye CA-48 Campbell, John [R]
Aye CA-49 Issa, Darrell [R]
Aye CA-50 Bilbray, Brian [R]
Aye CA-52 Hunter, Duncan [R]
Aye CA-53 Davis, Susan [D]
Colorado
Aye CO-1 DeGette, Diana [D]
Aye CO-2 Udall, Mark [D]
Aye CO-3 Salazar, John [D]
Aye CO-4 Musgrave, Marilyn [R]
Aye CO-5 Hefley, Joel [R]
Aye CO-6 Tancredo, Thomas [R]
Aye CO-7 Beauprez, Bob [R]
Connecticut
Aye CT-1 Larson, John [D]
Aye CT-2 Simmons, Robert [R]
Aye CT-3 DeLauro, Rosa [D]
Aye CT-4 Shays, Christopher [R]
Aye CT-5 Johnson, Nancy [R]
Delaware
Aye DE-0 Castle, Michael [R]
Florida
Aye FL-1 Miller, Jeff [R]
Aye FL-2 Boyd, F. [D]
Aye FL-4 Crenshaw, Ander [R]
Aye FL-5 Brown-Waite, Virginia [R]
Aye FL-6 Stearns, Clifford [R]
Aye FL-7 Mica, John [R]
Aye FL-8 Keller, Ric [R]
Aye FL-9 Bilirakis, Michael [R]
Aye FL-10 Young, C. W. [R]
No Vote FL-11 Davis, James [D]
Aye FL-12 Putnam, Adam [R]
Aye FL-13 Harris, Katherine [R]
Aye FL-15 Weldon, David [R]
Aye FL-17 Meek, Kendrick [D]
No Vote FL-18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
No Vote FL-19 Wexler, Robert [D]
Aye FL-20 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D]
Aye FL-21 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R]
Aye FL-22 Shaw, E. [R]
Aye FL-24 Feeney, Tom [R]
Aye FL-25 Diaz-Balart, Mario [R]
Georgia
Aye GA-1 Kingston, Jack [R]
Aye GA-2 Bishop, Sanford [D]
Aye GA-3 Marshall, James [D]
Aye GA-5 Lewis, John [D]
Aye GA-6 Price, Tom [R]
Aye GA-7 Linder, John [R]
Aye GA-8 Westmoreland, Lynn [R]
Aye GA-9 Norwood, Charles [R]
Aye GA-10 Deal, Nathan [R]
Aye GA-11 Gingrey, John [R]
Aye GA-12 Barrow, John [D]
Aye GA-13 Scott, David [D]
Hawaii
Aye HI-2 Case, Ed [D]
Idaho
Aye ID-1 Otter, C.L. [R]
Aye ID-2 Simpson, Michael [R]
Illinois
Aye IL-3 Lipinski, Daniel [D]
No Vote IL-4 Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Aye IL-5 Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye IL-6 Hyde, Henry [R]
Aye IL-8 Bean, Melissa [D]
Aye IL-10 Kirk, Mark [R]
Aye IL-11 Weller, Gerald [R]
Aye IL-12 Costello, Jerry [D]
Aye IL-13 Biggert, Judy [R]
Aye IL-15 Johnson, Timothy [R]
Aye IL-16 Manzullo, Donald [R]
No Vote IL-17 Evans, Lane [D]
Aye IL-18 LaHood, Ray [R]
Aye IL-19 Shimkus, John [R]
Indiana
Aye IN-1 Visclosky, Peter [D]
Aye IN-2 Chocola, Chris [R]
Aye IN-3 Souder, Mark [R]
Aye IN-4 Buyer, Stephen [R]
Aye IN-5 Burton, Dan [R]
Aye IN-6 Pence, Mike [R]
Aye IN-8 Hostettler, John [R]
Aye IN-9 Sodrel, Michael [R]
Iowa
No Vote IA-1 Nussle, James [R]
Aye IA-2 Leach, James [R]
Aye IA-3 Boswell, Leonard [D]
Aye IA-4 Latham, Thomas [R]
Aye IA-5 King, Steve [R]
Kansas
Aye KS-1 Moran, Jerry [R]
Aye KS-2 Ryun, Jim [R]
Aye KS-3 Moore, Dennis [D]
No Vote KS-4 Tiahrt, Todd [R]
Kentucky
Aye KY-1 Whitfield, Edward [R]
Aye KY-2 Lewis, Ron [R]
Aye KY-3 Northup, Anne [R]
Aye KY-4 Davis, Geoff [R]
Aye KY-5 Rogers, Harold [R]
Aye KY-6 Chandler, Ben [D]
Louisiana
Aye LA-1 Jindal, Bobby [R]
Aye LA-2 Jefferson, William [D]
Aye LA-3 Melancon, Charles [D]
Aye LA-4 McCrery, James [R]
Aye LA-5 Alexander, Rodney [R]
Aye LA-6 Baker, Richard [R]
Aye LA-7 Boustany, Charles [R]
Maine
Aye ME-1 Allen, Thomas [D]
Aye ME-2 Michaud, Michael [D]
Maryland
Aye MD-1 Gilchrest, Wayne [R]
Aye MD-2 Ruppersberger, C.A. [D]
Aye MD-3 Cardin, Benjamin [D]
Aye MD-4 Wynn, Albert [D]
Aye MD-6 Bartlett, Roscoe [R]
Aye MD-8 Van Hollen, Christopher [D]
Massachusetts
Aye MA-5 Meehan, Martin [D]
Aye MA-9 Lynch, Stephen [D]
Michigan
Aye MI-1 Stupak, Bart [D]
Aye MI-2 Hoekstra, Peter [R]
Aye MI-3 Ehlers, Vernon [R]
Aye MI-4 Camp, David [R]
Aye MI-6 Upton, Frederick [R]
Aye MI-7 Schwarz, John [R]
Aye MI-8 Rogers, Michael [R]
Aye MI-9 Knollenberg, Joseph [R]
Aye MI-10 Miller, Candice [R]
Aye MI-11 McCotter, Thaddeus [R]
Aye MI-12 Levin, Sander [D]
Minnesota
Aye MN-1 Gutknecht, Gilbert [R]
Aye MN-2 Kline, John [R]
Aye MN-3 Ramstad, James [R]
Aye MN-4 McCollum, Betty [D]
Aye MN-5 Sabo, Martin [D]
Aye MN-6 Kennedy, Mark [R]
Aye MN-7 Peterson, Collin [D]
Aye MN-8 Oberstar, James [D]
Mississippi
Aye MS-1 Wicker, Roger [R]
Aye MS-2 Thompson, Bennie [D]
Aye MS-3 Pickering, Charles [R]
Aye MS-4 Taylor, Gene [D]
Missouri
Aye MO-2 Akin, W. [R]
Aye MO-4 Skelton, Ike [D]
Aye MO-5 Cleaver, Emanuel [D]
Aye MO-6 Graves, Samuel [R]
Aye MO-7 Blunt, Roy [R]
Aye MO-8 Emerson, Jo Ann [R]
Aye MO-9 Hulshof, Kenny [R]
Montana
Aye MT-0 Rehberg, Dennis [R]
Nebraska
Aye NE-1 Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]
Aye NE-2 Terry, Lee [R]
Aye NE-3 Osborne, Thomas [R]
New Hampshire
Aye NH-1 Bradley, Jeb [R]
Aye NH-2 Bass, Charles [R]
New Jersey
Aye NJ-3 Saxton, H. [R]
No Vote NJ-4 Smith, Christopher [R]
Aye NJ-5 Garrett, E. [R]
Aye NJ-6 Pallone, Frank [D]
Aye NJ-7 Ferguson, Michael [R]
Aye NJ-8 Pascrell, William [D]
Aye NJ-10 Payne, Donald [D]
Aye NJ-11 Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R]
Aye NJ-12 Holt, Rush [D]
New Mexico
Aye NM-1 Wilson, Heather [R]
Aye NM-2 Pearce, Steven [R]
New York
Aye NY-1 Bishop, Timothy [D]
Aye NY-3 King, Peter [R]
Aye NY-4 McCarthy, Carolyn [D]
Aye NY-6 Meeks, Gregory [D]
Aye NY-7 Crowley, Joseph [D]
Aye NY-14 Maloney, Carolyn [D]
Aye NY-18 Lowey, Nita [D]
Aye NY-19 Kelly, Sue [R]
Aye NY-20 Sweeney, John [R]
Aye NY-23 McHugh, John [R]
Aye NY-24 Boehlert, Sherwood [R]
Aye NY-25 Walsh, James [R]
Aye NY-26 Reynolds, Thomas [R]
Aye NY-27 Higgins, Brian [D]
No Vote NY-28 Slaughter, Louise [D]
Aye NY-29 Kuhl, John [R]
North Carolina
Aye NC-1 Butterfield, George [D]
Aye NC-2 Etheridge, Bob [D]
Aye NC-3 Jones, Walter [R]
Aye NC-4 Price, David [D]
Aye NC-5 Foxx, Virginia [R]
Aye NC-6 Coble, John [R]
Aye NC-7 McIntyre, Mike [D]
Aye NC-8 Hayes, Robert [R]
Aye NC-9 Myrick, Sue [R]
No Vote NC-10 Mchenry, Patrick [R]
Aye NC-11 Taylor, Charles [R]
Aye NC-13 Miller, R. [D]
North Dakota
Aye ND-0 Pomeroy, Earl [D]
Ohio
Aye OH-1 Chabot, Steven [R]
Aye OH-2 Schmidt, Jean [R]
Aye OH-3 Turner, Michael [R]
Aye OH-4 Oxley, Michael [R]
Aye OH-5 Gillmor, Paul [R]
No Vote OH-6 Strickland, Ted [D]
Aye OH-7 Hobson, David [R]
Aye OH-8 Boehner, John [R]
Aye OH-9 Kaptur, Marcy [D]
Aye OH-11 Jones, Stephanie [D]
Aye OH-13 Brown, Sherrod [D]
Aye OH-14 LaTourette, Steven [R]
Aye OH-15 Pryce, Deborah [R]
Aye OH-16 Regula, Ralph [R]
Aye OH-17 Ryan, Timothy [D]
Oklahoma
Aye OK-1 Sullivan, John [R]
Aye OK-2 Boren, Dan [D]
Aye OK-3 Lucas, Frank [R]
Aye OK-4 Cole, Tom [R]
No Vote OK-5 Istook, Ernest [R]
Oregon
Aye OR-1 Wu, David [D]
Aye OR-2 Walden, Greg [R]
Aye OR-3 Blumenauer, Earl [D]
Aye OR-4 DeFazio, Peter [D]
Aye OR-5 Hooley, Darlene [D]
Pennsylvania
Aye PA-1 Brady, Robert [D]
Aye PA-2 Fattah, Chaka [D]
Aye PA-3 English, Philip [R]
Aye PA-4 Hart, Melissa [R]
Aye PA-5 Peterson, John [R]
Aye PA-6 Gerlach, Jim [R]
Aye PA-7 Weldon, W. [R]
Aye PA-8 Fitzpatrick, Michael [R]
Aye PA-9 Shuster, William [R]
Aye PA-10 Sherwood, Donald [R]
Aye PA-11 Kanjorski, Paul [D]
Aye PA-12 Murtha, John [D]
Aye PA-13 Schwartz, Allyson [D]
No Vote PA-14 Doyle, Michael [D]
Aye PA-15 Dent, Charles [R]
Aye PA-16 Pitts, Joseph [R]
Aye PA-18 Murphy, Tim [R]
Aye PA-19 Platts, Todd [R]
Rhode Island
Aye RI-2 Langevin, James [D]
South Carolina
Aye SC-1 Brown, Henry [R]
Aye SC-2 Wilson, Addison [R]
Aye SC-3 Barrett, James [R]
Aye SC-4 Inglis, Bob [R]
Aye SC-5 Spratt, John [D]
Aye SC-6 Clyburn, James [D]
South Dakota
Aye SD-0 Herseth, Stephanie [D]
Tennessee
No Vote TN-1 Jenkins, William [R]
Aye TN-2 Duncan, John [R]
Aye TN-3 Wamp, Zach [R]
Aye TN-4 Davis, Lincoln [D]
Aye TN-5 Cooper, Jim [D]
Aye TN-6 Gordon, Barton [D]
Aye TN-7 Blackburn, Marsha [R]
Aye TN-8 Tanner, John [D]
Aye TN-9 Ford, Harold [D]
Texas
Aye TX-1 Gohmert, Louis [R]
Aye TX-3 Johnson, Samuel [R]
Aye TX-4 Hall, Ralph [R]
Aye TX-5 Hensarling, Jeb [R]
Aye TX-6 Barton, Joe [R]
Aye TX-7 Culberson, John [R]
Aye TX-8 Brady, Kevin [R]
Aye TX-9 Green, Al [D]
Aye TX-10 McCaul, Michael [R]
Aye TX-11 Conaway, K. [R]
Aye TX-12 Granger, Kay [R]
Aye TX-13 Thornberry, William [R]
No Vote TX-15 Hinojosa, Ruben [D]
Aye TX-17 Edwards, Thomas [D]
Aye TX-19 Neugebauer, Randy [R]
Aye TX-21 Smith, Lamar [R]
Aye TX-23 Bonilla, Henry [R]
Aye TX-24 Marchant, Kenny [R]
Aye TX-25 Doggett, Lloyd [D]
Aye TX-26 Burgess, Michael [R]
Aye TX-27 Ortiz, Solomon [D]
Aye TX-28 Cuellar, Henry [D]
Aye TX-29 Green, Raymond [D]
Aye TX-31 Carter, John [R]
No Vote TX-32 Sessions, Peter [R]
Utah
Aye UT-1 Bishop, Rob [R]
Aye UT-2 Matheson, Jim [D]
Aye UT-3 Cannon, Christopher [R]
Vermont
Aye VT-0 Sanders, Bernard
Virginia
No Vote VA-1 Davis, Jo Ann [R]
Aye VA-2 Drake, Thelma [R]
No Vote VA-4 Forbes, James [R]
Aye VA-5 Goode, Virgil [R]
:mj12: Aye VA-6 Goodlatte, Robert [R] :mj13:
Aye VA-7 Cantor, Eric [R]
:mj12: Aye VA-8 Moran, James [D]:mj13:
:mj12: Aye VA-9 Boucher, Frederick [D] :mj13:
Aye VA-10 Wolf, Frank [R]
Aye VA-11 Davis, Thomas [R]
Washington
Aye WA-2 Larsen, Rick [D]
Aye WA-3 Baird, Brian [D]
Aye WA-5 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R]
Aye WA-6 Dicks, Norman [D]
Aye WA-8 Reichert, Dave [R]
Aye WA-9 Smith, Adam [D]
West Virginia
Aye WV-1 Mollohan, Alan [D]
Aye WV-2 Capito, Shelley [R]
Aye WV-3 Rahall, Nick [D]
Wisconsin
No Vote WI-1 Ryan, Paul [R]
Aye WI-4 Moore, Gwen [D]
Aye WI-5 Sensenbrenner, F. [R]
Aye WI-6 Petri, Thomas [R]
Aye WI-7 Obey, David [D]
No Vote WI-8 Green, Mark [R]
Wyoming
Aye WY-0 Cubin, Barbara [R]

 

[bjfinste]

this human waste voted for HR 4411 to make internet gambling illegal.

REMEMBER THIS GARBAGE NEXT TIME YOU VOTE AND TAKE IT TO THE DUMPSTER!!!

Arizona
Aye AZ-5 Hayworth, John [R]

Already helped take care of this guy.

 

[IntenseOperator]

I wanna see if they enforce all this bs. If they don't enforce it, it's not worth the paper it's printed on.

Seems to be a lot of "D's" up there after names:shrug:

 

[Morris]

Wasn't the gambling portion tacked on as a rider to a Homeland Security issue? You know most politicions don't do their job so they read half of the bill and passed it. Jackasses.

 

[sardius]

Morris, you are correct. What's amusing is this was inserted into a port security bill, without debate. Most lawmakers had no idea this was even in the bill, let alone did they bother to read the actual bill.

 

[bjfinste]

I'm sure most of them knew, but what are they gonna do... vote against it? Especially the Democrats... you know damn well if they vote against it b/c of this completely meaningless and unrelated addition to the bill, come election season there are going to be loads of ads on TV saying they are "weak on security" and just to prove it, show how they "voted against the Port Security Act". The political system in this country is a f*cking joke.

 

[Morris]

Good points everyone. IO How would they inforce something like this? And why are these offshore sites so scared? The US has no jurisdiction over these places? They can lean on the player but i don't think they would waste their time on me?:shrug:

 

[sardius]

Welcome to the twilight zone...

Welcome to the twilight zone...

Have you ever wonder how was the life behind the iron curtain???Or how people lived in the old soviet block???

Look no further!!! With the help of a brainless president who's i.q. is around 79 and his nazi oriented party we are heading there on the siberian express. :sadwave: Say farewell to the good old US of A, fasten your seat belts, expect the unexpected because bushes, chaneys, frists, leaches, goodlattes are building the new police state....

 

[sardius]

This bullshit should help us win the war on terrorism...:mj07:

:mj12: H.R.4411:mj13:
Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act (Placed on Calendar in Senate)

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act'.

(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.

TITLE I--MODERNIZATION OF THE WIRE ACT OF 1961

Sec. 101. Definitions.

Sec. 102. Modification of existing prohibition.

Sec. 103. Authorization of civil enforcement.

Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 105. Rules of construction.

Sec. 106. Sense of Congress.

TITLE II--POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO PREVENT PAYMENTS FOR UNLAWFUL GAMBLING

Sec. 201. Policies and procedures required to prevent payments for unlawful gambling.

Sec. 202. Technical and conforming amendment.

TITLE III--INTERNET GAMBLING IN OR THROUGH FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

Sec. 301. Internet gambling in or through foreign jurisdictions.

TITLE I--MODERNIZATION OF THE WIRE ACT OF 1961

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

Section 1081 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by designating the five undesignated paragraphs that begin with `The term' as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively;

(2) by amending paragraph (5), as so designated, to read as follows:

`(5) The term `communication facility' means any and all instrumentalities, personnel, and services (among other things, the receipt, forwarding, or delivery of communications) used or useful in the transmission of writings, signs, pictures, and sounds of all kinds by aid of wire, cable, radio, or an electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photooptical system, or other like connection (whether fixed or mobile) between the points of origin and reception of such transmission.'; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

`(6) The term `bets or wagers'--

`(A) means the staking or risking by any person of something of value upon the outcome of a contest of others, a sporting event, or a game predominantly subject to chance, upon an agreement or understanding that the person or another person will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome;

i wonder how many days it took for those morons to agree on the term...:mj07:

`(B) includes the purchase of a chance or opportunity to win a lottery or other prize (which opportunity to win is predominantly subject to chance);

you hate those opportunity's, don't you? you crazy bastard :firing: Goodlatte

`(C) includes any scheme of a type described in section 3702 of title 28; and

`(D) does not include--

`(i) any activity governed by the securities laws (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) for the purchase or sale of securities (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(10) of that Act);

`(ii) any transaction conducted on or subject to the rules of a registered entity or exempt board of trade under the Commodity Exchange Act;

`(iii) any over-the-counter derivative instrument;

`(iv) any other transaction that--

`(I) is excluded or exempt from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act; or

`(II) is exempt from State gaming or bucket shop laws under section 12(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act or section 28(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

`(v) any contract of indemnity or guarantee;

`(vi) any contract for insurance;

`(vii) any deposit or other transaction with an insured depository institution;

`(viii) participation in any game or contest in which participants do not stake or risk anything of value other than--

`(I) personal efforts of the participants in playing the game or contest or obtaining access to the Internet; or

`(II) points or credits that the sponsor of the game or contest provides to participants free of charge and that can be used or redeemed only for participation in games or contests offered by the sponsor; or

`(ix) participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest in which (if the game or contest involves a team or teams) no fantasy or simulation sports team is based on the current membership of an actual team that is a member of an amateur or professional sports organization (as those terms are defined in section 3701 of title 28) and that meets the following conditions:

`(I) All prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the game or contest and their value is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of any fees paid by those participants.

`(II) All winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals (athletes in the case of sports events) in multiple real-world sporting or other events.

`(III) No winning outcome is based--
`(aa) on the score, point-spread, or any performance or performances of any single real-world team or any combination of such teams; or

`(bb) solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single real-world sporting or other event.


`(7) The terms `credit', `creditor', `credit card', and `card issuer' have the same meanings as in section 103 of the Truth in Lending Act.

`(8) The term `electronic fund transfer'--

`(A) has the same meaning as in section 903 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, except that such term includes transfers that would otherwise be excluded under section 903(6)(E) of that Act; and

`(B) includes any fund transfer covered by Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in any State.

`(9) The term `financial institution' has the same meaning as in section 903 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, except that such term does not include a casino, sports book, or other business at or through which bets or wagers may be placed or received.

`(10) The term `financial transaction provider' has the same meaning as in section 5361 of title 31 (as added by title II of this Act).

`(11) The term `foreign jurisdiction' means a jurisdiction of a foreign country or political subdivision thereof.

`(12) The term `gambling business' means a business of betting or wagering.

`(13) The term `information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers' means information knowingly transmitted by an individual in a gambling business that enables or facilitates a bet or wager and does not include--

`(A) any posting or reporting of any educational information on how to make a legal bet or wager or the nature of betting or wagering, as long as such posting or reporting does not solicit or provide information for the purpose of facilitating or enabling the placing or receipt of bets or wagers in a jurisdiction where such betting is illegal; or

`(B) advertising relating to betting or wagering in a jurisdiction where such betting or wagering is legal, as long as such advertising does not solicit or provide information for the purpose of facilitating or enabling the placing or receipt of bets or wagers in a jurisdiction where such betting is illegal.

`(14) The term `insured depository institution'--

`(A) has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; and

`(B) includes an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act).

`(15) The term `interactive computer service' has the same meaning as in section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934.

`(16) The terms `money transmitting business' and `money transmitting service' have the same meanings as in section 5330(d) (determined without regard to any regulations prescribed by the Secretary thereunder).

`(17) The terms `own or control' and to be `owned or controlled' include circumstances within the meaning of section 2(a)(2) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.

`(18) The term `person' includes a government (including any governmental entity (as defined in section 3701(2) of title 28)).

`(19) The term `State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

`(20) The term `tribe' or `tribal' means an Indian tribe, as defined under section 4(5) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988).

`(21) For purposes of Section 1085(b), the term `account' means--

`(A) the unpaid balance of money or its equivalent received or held by an insured depository institution in the usual course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to give credit, either conditionally or unconditionally, to an account, including interest credited, or which is evidenced by an instrument on which the depository institution is primarily liable; and

`(B) money received or held by an insured depository institution, or the credit given for money or its equivalent received or held by the insured depository institution in the usual course of business for a special or specific purpose, regardless of the legal relationships established thereby, including escrow funds, funds held as security for securities loaned by the depository institution, funds deposited as advance payment on subscriptions to United States Government securities, and funds held to meet its acceptances.'.

SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF EXISTING PROHIBITION.

Section 1084 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

`Sec. 1084. Use of a communication facility to transmit bets or wagers; criminal penalties

`(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, being engaged in a gambling business, knowingly--

`(1) uses a communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or to or from any place outside the jurisdiction of any nation with respect to any transmission to or from the United States, of--

`(A) bets or wagers;

`(B) information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers; or

`(C) a communication, which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers; or

`(2) accepts, in connection with the transmission of a communication in interstate or foreign commerce, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or to or from any place outside the jurisdiction of any nation with respect to any transmission to or from the United States of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers--

`(A) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of another (including credit extended through the use of a credit card);

`(B) an electronic fund transfer or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of the other person;

`(C) any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of the other person and is drawn on or payable through any financial institution; or

`(D) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may prescribe by regulation which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of the other person,

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

`(b) Nothing in this section prohibits--

`(1) the transmission of information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers for use in news reporting if such transmission does not solicit or provide information for the purpose of facilitating or enabling the placing or receipt of bets or wagers in a jurisdiction where such betting is illegal;

`(2) the transmission of information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers from a State or foreign country where such betting or wagering is permitted under Federal, State, tribal, or local law into a State or foreign country in which such betting on the same event is permitted under Federal, State, tribal, or local law; or

`(3) the interstate transmission of information relating to a State-specific lottery between a State or foreign country where such betting or wagering is permitted under Federal, State, tribal, or local law and an out-of-State data center for the purposes of assisting in the operation of such State-specific lottery.

`(c) Nothing in this section prohibits the use of a communication facility for the transmission of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, if--

`(1) at the time the transmission occurs, the individual or entity placing the bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, the gambling business, and, subject to section 1084(b)(3), any individual or entity acting in concert with a gambling business to process the bets or wagers are physically located in the same State, and for class II or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, are physically located on Indian lands within that State;

`(2) the State or tribe has explicitly authorized such bets and wagers, the State or tribal law requires a secure and effective location and age verification system to assure compliance with age and location requirements, and the gambling business and any individual or entity acting in concert with a gambling business to process the bets or wagers complies with such law;

`(3) the State has explicitly authorized and licensed the operation of the gambling business and any individual or entity acting in concert with a gambling business to process the bets and wagers within its borders or the tribe has explicitly authorized and licensed the operation of the gambling business and any individual or entity acting in concert with a gambling business to process the bets and wagers, on Indian lands within its jurisdiction;

`(4) with respect to class II or class III gaming, the game and gambling business complies with the requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; and

`(5) with respect to class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the game is authorized under, and is conducted in accordance with, the respective Tribal-State compact of the Tribe having jurisdiction over the Indian lands where the individual or entity placing the bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, the gambling business, and any individual or entity acting in concert with a gambling business to process those bets or wagers are physically located, and such Tribal-State compact expressly provides that the game may be conducted using a communication facility to transmit bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers.

For purposes of this subsection, the intermediate routing of electronic data constituting or containing all or part of a bet or wager, or all or part of information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall not determine the location or locations in which a bet or wager is transmitted, initiated, received or otherwise made; or from or to which a bet or wager, or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, is transmitted.

`(d) Nothing in this section creates immunity from criminal prosecution under any laws of any State or tribe.

`(e) Nothing in this section authorizes activity that is prohibited under chapter 178 of title 28, United States Code.

`(f) When any common carrier, subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission, is notified in writing by a Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction, that any communication facility furnished by it is being used or will be used by its subscriber for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information in interstate or foreign commerce, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or to or from any place outside the jurisdiction of any nation with respect to any transmission to or from the United States in violation of Federal, State, tribal, or local law, it shall discontinue or refuse, the leasing, furnishing, or maintaining of such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber, but no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any common carrier for any act done in compliance with any notice received from a law enforcement agency. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a Federal court or in a State, tribal, or local tribunal or agency, that such facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.'.

SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.

Chapter 50 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

`Sec. 1085. Civil remedies

`(a) Jurisdiction- The district courts of the United States (in addition to any other remedies under current law) shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of section 1084 by issuing appropriate orders in accordance with this section, regardless of whether a prosecution has been initiated under section 1084.

`(b) Proceedings-

`(1) The United States may institute proceedings under this section--

`(A) to obtain injunctive or declarative relief, including but not limited to a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction, against any person (other than a financial transaction provider) to prevent or restrain a violation or a threatened violation of section 1084;

`(B) in the case of an insured depository institution that is a financial transaction provider, to--

`(i) restrain an account maintained at such insured depository institution if such account is--

`(I) owned or controlled by a gambling business; and

`(II) includes proceeds of, or is used to facilitate a violation of, section 1084; or

`(ii) seize funds in an account described in subparagraph (i) if such funds--

`(I) are owned or controlled by a gambling business; and

`(II) constitute the proceeds of, were derived from, or facilitated, a violation of section 1084.

`(C) The limitation in subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the financial transaction provider is a gambling business within the meaning of section 1081(12), in which case such financial transaction provider shall be subject to the enforcement provisions under subparagraph (A).

`(2) The attorney general (or other appropriate State official) of a State in which a communication in violation of section 1084 allegedly has been or will be initiated or received may institute proceedings under this section to obtain injunctive or declarative relief to prevent or restrain the violation or threatened violation.

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