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Union Calendar No. 65

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 21

[Report No. 108–51, Parts I and II] 

To prevent the use of certain bank instruments for unlawful Internet 

gambling, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003

Mr. LEACH (for himself, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. BACHUS, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. 

WOLF, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BERRY, and Mr. 

GILLMOR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, 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 

MAY 27, 2003

Additional sponsors: Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. LIPINSKI, 

Mr. TERRY, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Ms. 

HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. AKIN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. UPTON, Mr. GORDON, 

Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. CASE, Ms. HART, Mr. ISAKSON, 

Mr. PLATTS, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. LATHAM, and Mr. WICKER

MARCH 27, 2003

Reported from the Committee on Financial Services 

MARCH 27, 2003

Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not 

later than May 16, 2003

MAY 16, 2003

Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not 

later than June 2, 2003
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MAY 22, 2003

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 7, 2003] 

A BILL

To prevent the use of certain bank instruments for unlawful 

Internet gambling, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unlawful Internet Gam5 bling Funding Prohibition Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) Internet gambling is primarily funded 

9 through personal use of bank instruments, including 

10 credit cards and wire transfers. 

11 (2) The National Gambling Impact Study Com12 mission in 1999 recommended the passage of legisla13 tion to prohibit wire transfers to Internet gambling 

14 sites or the banks which represent them. 

15 (3) Internet gambling is a major cause of debt 

16 collection problems for insured depository institutions 

17 and the consumer credit industry. 
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1 (4) Internet gambling conducted through offshore 

2 jurisdictions has been identified by United States law 

3 enforcement officials as a significant money laun4 dering vulnerability. 

5 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF ANY BANK IN6 STRUMENT FOR UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAM7 BLING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—No person engaged in the business 

9 of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection 

10 with the participation of another person in unlawful Inter11 net gambling—

12 (1) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to 

13 or on behalf of such other person (including credit ex14 tended through the use of a credit card); 

15 (2) an electronic fund transfer or funds trans16 mitted by or through a money transmitting business, 

17 or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or 

18 money transmitting service, from or on behalf of the 

19 other person; 

20 (3) any check, draft, or similar instrument 

21 which is drawn by or on behalf of the other person 

22 and is drawn on or payable at or through any finan23 cial institution; or 

24 (4) the proceeds of any other form of financial 

25 transaction as the Secretary may prescribe by regula-
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1 tion which involves a financial institution as a payor 

2 or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the ben3 efit of the other person. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act, the fol5 lowing definitions shall apply: 

6 (1) BETS OR WAGERS.—The term ‘‘bets or wa7 gers’’—

8 (A) means the staking or risking by any 

9 person of something of value upon the outcome of 

10 a contest of others, a sporting event, or a game 

11 subject to chance, upon an agreement or under12 standing that the person or another person will 

13 receive something of greater value than the 

14 amount staked or risked in the event of a certain 

15 outcome; 

16 (B) includes the purchase of a chance or op17 portunity to win a lottery or other prize (which 

18 opportunity to win is predominantly subject to 

19 chance); 

20 (C) includes any scheme of a type described 

21 in section 3702 of title 28, United States Code; 

22 (D) includes any instructions or informa23 tion pertaining to the establishment or movement 

24 of funds in an account by the bettor or customer 

25 with the business of betting or wagering; and 
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1 (E) does not include—

2 (i) any activity governed by the securi3 ties laws (as that term is defined in section 

4 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 

5 1934) for the purchase or sale of securities 

6 (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(10) 

7 of such Act); 

8 (ii) any transaction conducted on or 

9 subject to the rules of a registered entity or 

10 exempt board of trade pursuant to the Com11 modity Exchange Act;

12 (iii) any over-the-counter derivative 

13 instrument; 

14 (iv) any other transaction that—

15 (I) is excluded or exempt from 

16 regulation under the Commodity Ex17 change Act; or 

18 (II) is exempt from State gaming 

19 or bucket shop laws under section 12(e) 

20 of the Commodity Exchange Act or sec21 tion 28(a) of the Securities Exchange 

22 Act of 1934; 

23 (v) any contract of indemnity or guar24 antee; 

25 (vi) any contract for insurance; 
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1 (vii) any deposit or other transaction 

2 with a depository institution (as defined in 

3 section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insur4 ance Act); and 

5 (viii) any participation in a simula6 tion sports game or an educational game or 

7 contest that—

8 (I) is not dependent solely on the 

9 outcome of any single sporting event or 

10 nonparticipant’s singular individual 

11 performance in any single sporting 

12 event; 

13 (II) has an outcome that reflects 

14 the relative knowledge and skill of the 

15 participants with such outcome deter16 mined predominantly by accumulated 

17 statistical results of sporting events; 

18 and 

19 (III) offers a prize or award to a 

20 participant that is established in ad21 vance of the game or contest and is not 

22 determined by the number of partici23 pants or the amount of any fees paid 

24 by those participants. 
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1 (2) BUSINESS OF BETTING OR WAGERING.—The 

2 term ‘‘business of betting or wagering’’ does not in3 clude, other than for purposes of subsection (e), any 

4 creditor, credit card issuer, insured depository insti5 tution, financial institution, operator of a terminal 

6 at which an electronic fund transfer may be initiated, 

7 money transmitting business, or international, na8 tional, regional, or local network utilized to effect a 

9 credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, stored 

10 value product transaction, or money transmitting 

11 service, or any participant in such network, or any 

12 interactive computer service or telecommunications 

13 service.

14 (3) DESIGNATED PAYMENT SYSTEM DEFINED.—

15 The term ‘‘designated payment system’’ means any 

16 system utilized by any creditor, credit card issuer, fi17 nancial institution, operator of a terminal at which 

18 an electronic fund transfer may be initiated, money 

19 transmitting business, or international, national, re20 gional, or local network utilized to effect a credit 

21 transaction, electronic fund transfer, or money trans22 mitting service, or any participant in such network, 

23 that the Secretary, in consultation with the Board of 

24 Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the At25 torney General, determines, by regulation or order, 
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1 could be utilized in connection with, or to facilitate, 

2 any restricted transaction. 

3 (4) INTERNET.—The term ‘‘Internet’’ means the 

4 international computer network of interoperable pack5 et switched data networks. 

6 (5) INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE.—The 

7 term ‘‘interactive computer service’’ has the same 

8 meaning as in section 230(f) of the Communications 

9 Act of 1934. 

10 (6) RESTRICTED TRANSACTION.—The term ‘‘re11 stricted transaction’’ means any transaction or trans12 mittal involving any credit, funds, instrument, or 

13 proceeds described in any paragraph of subsection (a) 

14 which the recipient is prohibited from accepting 

15 under subsection (a). 

16 (7) UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING.—The term 

17 ‘‘unlawful Internet gambling’’ means to place, receive, 

18 or otherwise transmit a bet or wager by any means 

19 which involves the use, at least in part, of the Inter20 net where such bet or wager is unlawful under any 

21 applicable Federal or State law in the State in which 

22 the bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise 

23 made. 

24 (8) OTHER TERMS.—
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1 (A) CREDIT; CREDITOR; AND CREDIT

2 CARD.—The terms ‘‘credit’’, ‘‘creditor’’, and 

3 ‘‘credit card’’ have the meanings given such 

4 terms in section 103 of the Truth in Lending 

5 Act. 

6 (B) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER.—The 

7 term ‘‘electronic fund transfer’’—

8 (i) has the meaning given such term in 

9 section 903 of the Electronic Fund Transfer 

10 Act; and 

11 (ii) includes any fund transfer covered 

12 by Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial 

13 Code, as in effect in any State. 

14 (C) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi15 nancial institution’’ has the meaning given such 

16 term in section 903 of the Electronic Fund 

17 Transfer Act. 

18 (D) MONEY TRANSMITTING BUSINESS AND

19 MONEY TRANSMITTING SERVICE.—The terms 

20 ‘‘money transmitting business’’ and ‘‘money 

21 transmitting service’’ have the meanings given 

22 such terms in section 5330(d) of title 31, United 

23 States Code. 

24 (E) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

25 means the Secretary of the Treasury. 
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1 (c) CIVIL REMEDIES.—

2 (1) JURISDICTION.—The district courts of the 

3 United States shall have original and exclusive juris4 diction to prevent and restrain violations of this sec5 tion by issuing appropriate orders in accordance with 

6 this section, regardless of whether a prosecution has 

7 been initiated under this section.

8 (2) PROCEEDINGS.—

9 (A) INSTITUTION BY FEDERAL GOVERN10 MENT.—

11 (i) IN GENERAL.—The United States, 

12 acting through the Attorney General, may 

13 institute proceedings under this subsection 

14 to prevent or restrain a violation of this sec15 tion. 

16 (ii) RELIEF.—Upon application of the 

17 United States under this subparagraph, the 

18 district court may enter a preliminary in19 junction or an injunction against any per20 son to prevent or restrain a violation of this 

21 section, in accordance with Rule 65 of the 

22 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

23 (B) INSTITUTION BY STATE ATTORNEY GEN24 ERAL.—
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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—The attorney general 

2 of a State (or other appropriate State offi3 cial) in which a violation of this section al4 legedly has occurred or will occur may in5 stitute proceedings under this subsection to 

6 prevent or restrain the violation. 

7 (ii) RELIEF.—Upon application of the 

8 attorney general (or other appropriate State 

9 official) of an affected State under this sub10 paragraph, the district court may enter a 

11 preliminary injunction or an injunction 

12 against any person to prevent or restrain a 

13 violation of this section, in accordance with 

14 Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce15 dure. 

16 (C) INDIAN LANDS.—

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

18 subparagraphs (A) and (B), for a violation 

19 that is alleged to have occurred, or may 

20 occur, on Indian lands (as that term is de21 fined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 

22 Regulatory Act)—

23 (I) the United States shall have 

24 the enforcement authority provided 

25 under subparagraph (A); and 
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1 (II) the enforcement authorities 

2 specified in an applicable Tribal-State 

3 compact negotiated under section 11 of 

4 the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 

5 shall be carried out in accordance with 

6 that compact. 

7 (ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No pro8 vision of this section shall be construed as 

9 altering, superseding, or otherwise affecting 

10 the application of the Indian Gaming Regu11 latory Act. 

12 (3) EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS.—In addition to 

13 any proceeding under paragraph (2), a district court 

14 may, in exigent circumstances, enter a temporary re15 straining order against a person alleged to be in vio16 lation of this section upon application of the United 

17 States under paragraph (2)(A), or the attorney gen18 eral (or other appropriate State official) of an af19 fected State under paragraph (2)(B), in accordance 

20 with Rule 65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce21 dure. 

22 (4) LIMITATION RELATING TO INTERACTIVE COM23 PUTER SERVICES.—
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Relief granted under this 

2 subsection against an interactive computer serv3 ice shall—

4 (i) be limited to the removal of, or dis5 abling of access to, an online site violating 

6 this section, or a hypertext link to an online 

7 site violating this section, that resides on a 

8 computer server that such service controls or 

9 operates; except this limitation shall not 

10 apply if the service is subject to liability 

11 under this section pursuant to subsection 

12 (e); 

13 (ii) be available only after notice to the 

14 interactive computer service and an oppor15 tunity for the service to appear are pro16 vided; 

17 (iii) not impose any obligation on an 

18 interactive computer service to monitor its 

19 service or to affirmatively seek facts indi20 cating activity violating this section; 

21 (iv) specify the interactive computer 

22 service to which it applies; and 

23 (v) specifically identify the location of 

24 the online site or hypertext link to be re25 moved or access to which is to be disabled. 
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1 (B) COORDINATION WITH OTHER LAW.—An 

2 interactive computer service that does not violate 

3 this section shall not be liable under section 1084 

4 of title 18, except this limitation shall not apply 

5 if an interactive computer service has actual 

6 knowledge and control of bets and wagers and—

7 (i) operates, manages, supervises, or 

8 directs an Internet website at which unlaw9 ful bets or wagers may be placed, received, 

10 or otherwise made or at which unlawful bets 

11 or wagers are offered to be placed, received, 

12 or otherwise made; or 

13 (ii) owns or controls, or is owned or 

14 controlled by, any person who operates, 

15 manages, supervises, or directs an Internet 

16 website at which unlawful bets or wagers 

17 may be placed, received, or otherwise made 

18 or at which unlawful bets or wagers are of19 fered to be placed, received, or otherwise 

20 made. 

21 (5) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CERTAIN

22 CASES.—In considering granting relief under this 

23 subsection against any payment system, or any par24 ticipant in a payment system that is a creditor, cred25 it card issuer, financial institution, operator of a ter-
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1 minal at which an electronic fund transfer may be 

2 initiated, money transmitting business, or inter3 national, national, regional, or local network utilized 

4 to effect a credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, 

5 or money transmitting service, or a participant in 

6 such network, the court shall consider the following 

7 factors: 

8 (A) The extent to which such person is ex9 tending credit or transmitting funds knowing the 

10 transaction is in connection with unlawful 

11 Internet gambling.

12 (B) The history of such person in extending 

13 credit or transmitting funds knowing the trans14 action is in connection with unlawful Internet 

15 gambling. 

16 (C) The extent to which such person has es17 tablished and is maintaining policies and proce18 dures in compliance with regulations prescribed 

19 under subsection (f). 

20 (D) The feasibility that any specific remedy 

21 prescribed in the order issued under this sub22 section can be implemented by such person with23 out substantial deviation from normal business 

24 practice. 
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1 (E) The costs and burdens the specific rem2 edy will have on such person. 

3 (6) NOTICE TO REGULATORS AND FINANCIAL IN4 STITUTIONS.—Before initiating any proceeding under 

5 paragraph (2) with respect to a violation or potential 

6 violation of this section by any creditor, credit card 

7 issuer, financial institution, operator of a terminal at 

8 which an electronic fund transfer may be initiated, 

9 money transmitting business, or international, na10 tional, regional, or local network utilized to effect a 

11 credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, or money 

12 transmitting service, or any participant in such net13 work, the Attorney General of the United States or an 

14 attorney general of a State (or other appropriate 

15 State official) shall—

16 (A) notify such person, and the appropriate 

17 regulatory agency (as determined in accordance 

18 with subsection (f)(5)) for such person, of such 

19 violation or potential violation and the remedy 

20 to be sought in such proceeding; and 

21 (B) allow such person 30 days to implement 

22 a reasonable remedy for the violation or poten23 tial violation, consistent with the factors de24 scribed in paragraph (5) and in conjunction 
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1 with such action as the appropriate regulatory 

2 agency may take. 

3 (d) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever violates this section 

5 shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or 

6 imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. 

7 (2) PERMANENT INJUNCTION.—Upon conviction 

8 of a person under this subsection, the court may enter 

9 a permanent injunction enjoining such person from 

10 placing, receiving, or otherwise making illegal bets or 

11 wagers or sending, receiving, or inviting information 

12 assisting in the placing of bets or wagers. 

13 (e) CIRCUMVENTIONS PROHIBITED.—Notwithstanding 

14 subsection (b)(2), a creditor, credit card issuer, financial 

15 institution, operator of a terminal at which an electronic 

16 fund transfer may be initiated, money transmitting busi17 ness, or international, national, regional, or local network 

18 utilized to effect a credit transaction, electronic fund trans19 fer, or money transmitting service, or any participant in 

20 such network, or any interactive computer service or tele21 communications service, may be liable under this section 

22 if such creditor, issuer, institution, operator, business, net23 work, or participant has actual knowledge and control of 

24 bets and wagers and—
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1 (1) operates, manages, supervises, or directs an 

2 Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers 

3 may be placed, received, or otherwise made or at 

4 which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be 

5 placed, received, or otherwise made; or 

6 (2) owns or controls, or is owned or controlled 

7 by, any person who operates, manages, supervises, or 

8 directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or 

9 wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made or 

10 at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be 

11 placed, received, or otherwise made.

12 (f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO IDENTIFY AND

13 PREVENT RESTRICTED TRANSACTIONS IN PAYMENT FOR

14 UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING.—

15 (1) REGULATIONS.—Before the end of the 6-

16 month period beginning on the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta18 tion with the Board of Governors of the Federal Re19 serve System and the Attorney General, shall pre20 scribe regulations requiring any designated payment 

21 system to establish policies and procedures reasonably 

22 designed to identify and prevent restricted trans23 actions in any of the following ways: 

24 (A) The establishment of policies and proce25 dures that—
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1 (i) allow the payment system and any 

2 person involved in the payment system to 

3 identify restricted transactions by means of 

4 codes in authorization messages or by other 

5 means; and 

6 (ii) block restricted transactions identi7 fied as a result of the policies and proce8 dures developed pursuant to clause (i).

9 (B) The establishment of policies and proce10 dures that prevent the acceptance of the products 

11 or services of the payment system in connection 

12 with a restricted transaction. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICIES AND PROCE14 DURES.—In prescribing regulations pursuant to 

15 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—

16 (A) identify types of policies and proce17 dures, including nonexclusive examples, which 

18 would be deemed to be ‘‘reasonably designed to 

19 identify’’ and ‘‘reasonably designed to block’’ or 

20 to ‘‘prevent the acceptance of the products or 

21 services’’ with respect to each type of transaction, 

22 such as, should credit card transactions be so 

23 designated, identifying transactions by a code or 

24 codes in the authorization message and denying 
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1 authorization of a credit card transaction in re2 sponse to an authorization message; 

3 (B) to the extent practical, permit any par4 ticipant in a payment system to choose among 

5 alternative means of identifying and blocking, or 

6 otherwise preventing the acceptance of the prod7 ucts or services of the payment system or partici8 pant in connection with, restricted transactions; 

9 and 

10 (C) consider exempting restricted trans11 actions from any requirement under paragraph

12 (1) if the Secretary finds that it is not reason13 ably practical to identify and block, or otherwise 

14 prevent, such transactions. 

15 (3) COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT SYSTEM POLI16 CIES AND PROCEDURES.—A creditor, credit card 

17 issuer, financial institution, operator of a terminal at 

18 which an electronic fund transfer may be initiated, 

19 money transmitting business, or international, na20 tional, regional, or local network utilized to effect a 

21 credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, or money 

22 transmitting service, or a participant in such net23 work, meets the requirement of paragraph (1) if—

24 (A) such person relies on and complies with 

25 the policies and procedures of a designated pay-
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1 ment system of which it is a member or partici2 pant to—

3 (i) identify and block restricted trans4 actions; or 

5 (ii) otherwise prevent the acceptance of 

6 the products or services of the payment sys7 tem, member, or participant in connection 

8 with restricted transactions; and 

9 (B) such policies and procedures of the des10 ignated payment system comply with the re11 quirements of regulations prescribed under para12 graph (1). 

13 (4) NO LIABILITY FOR BLOCKING OR REFUSING

14 TO HONOR RESTRICTED TRANSACTIONS.—A person 

15 that is subject to a regulation prescribed or order 

16 issued under this subsection and blocks, or otherwise 

17 refuses to honor, a restricted transaction, or as a 

18 member of a designated payment system relies on the 

19 policies and procedures of the payment system, in an 

20 effort to comply with this section shall not be liable 

21 to any party for such action. 

22 (5) ENFORCEMENT.—This subsection shall be en23 forced by the Federal functional regulators and the 

24 Federal Trade Commission under applicable law in 
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1 the manner provided in section 505(a) of the Gramm2 Leach-Bliley Act. 

3 SEC. 4. INTERNET GAMBLING IN OR THROUGH FOREIGN JU4 RISDICTIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—In deliberations between the United 

6 States Government and any other country on money laun7 dering, corruption, and crime issues, the United States Gov8 ernment should—

9 (1) encourage cooperation by foreign govern10 ments and relevant international fora in identifying 

11 whether Internet gambling operations are being used 

12 for money laundering, corruption, or other crimes; 

13 (2) advance policies that promote the cooperation 

14 of foreign governments, through information sharing 

15 or other measures, in the enforcement of this Act; and 

16 (3) encourage the Financial Action Task Force 

17 on Money Laundering, in its annual report on money 

18 laundering typologies, to study the extent to which 

19 Internet gambling operations are being used for 

20 money laundering. 

21 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Treas22 ury shall submit an annual report to the Congress on the 

23 deliberations between the United States and other countries 

24 on issues relating to Internet gambling. 
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1 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO GAMBLING PROVISIONS. 

2 (a) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION.—Section 1081 of 

3 title 18, United States Code, is amended—

4 (1) by designating the five undesignated para5 graphs that begin with ‘‘The term’’ as paragraphs (1) 

6 through (5), respectively; and 

7 (2) in paragraph (5), as so designated—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘wire communication’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘communication’’; 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘satellite, microwave,’’ 

11 after ‘‘cable,’’; and 

12 (C) by inserting ‘‘(whether fixed or mobile)’’ 

13 after ‘‘connection’’. 

14 (b) INCREASE IN PENALTY FOR UNLAWFUL WIRE

15 TRANSFERS OF WAGERING INFORMATION AND CONFORMING

16 AMENDMENT.—Section 1084(a) of title 18, United States 

17 Code, is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 

19 years’’; and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘wire’’ each place it appears.
Union Calendar No. 65

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 21

[Report No. 108–51, Parts I and II] 

A BILL

To prevent the use of certain bank instruments for 

unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes. 

MAY 22, 2003

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 

amendment