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S 1668 114th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Gambling Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media

Restoration of America's Wire Act

Introduced: June 24, 2015 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoration of America's Wire Act

Amends provisions of the federal criminal code, commonly known as the Wire Act, to provide that the prohibition against using a wire communication facility for the transmission of bets or wagers, wagering information, or wagering proceeds shall: (1) apply to any bet or wager (currently, to bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest); and (2) include any transmission over the Internet carried interstate or in foreign commerce.

States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt any state law prohibiting gambling or to alter, limit, or extend: (1) the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 and other federal laws currently in effect, (2) the ability of a state licensed lottery or state licensed retailer to make on-premises retail lottery sales or to transmit information ancillary to such sales, (3) the ability of a state licensed gaming establishment or a tribal gaming establishment to transmit information assisting in the placing of a bet or water on the physical premises of the establishment, or (4) the relationship between federal laws and state charitable gaming laws.

What's happening now June 24, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3