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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1174 

To deregulate interstate commerce with respect to parimutuel wagering on 

horseracing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 30, 2015 

Mr. UDALL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To deregulate interstate commerce with respect to parimutuel 

wagering on horseracing, 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 ‘‘Teller All Gone Horse5 racing Deregulation Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; BACKGROUND. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Congress makes the following 

8 findings: 

9 (1) Congress enacted the Interstate Horse10 racing Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–515; 15 U.S.C. 


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1 3001 et seq.) to regulate interstate commerce with 

2 respect to parimutuel wagering on horseracing in 

3 order to further the horseracing industry of the 

4 United States. 

5 (2) In 2000, Congress amended such Act to 

6 allow parimutuel wagering by telephone and over the 

7 Internet, a gambling privilege no other sport enjoys. 

8 (3) The use of performance-enhancing drugs in 

9 horseracing is widespread in the United States, 

10 where no uniform regulations exist with respect to 

11 the use of, and testing for, performance-enhancing 

12 drugs in interstate horseracing. 

13 (4) A 2012 New York Times investigation 

14 found that, on average, every week 24 horses die 

15 racing, a high equine fatality rate likely caused by 

16 the misuse of permitted medication and abuse of ille17 gal drugs. 

18 (5) A 2013 horseracing industry study found 

19 that a large majority of parimutuel wagering partici20 pants avoid wagering at certain tracks and when 

21 certain trainers compete because they assume illegal 

22 drug use affects race results. 

23 (6) Total parimutuel wagering on Thorough24 bred horseracing in the United States declined 30 

25 percent from 2002 to 2014. 


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1 (7) The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 has 

2 not met its original policy goal of furthering the 

3 United States horseracing industry. 

4 (b) BACKGROUND FOR INCLUDING THE NAME OF A

5 RACEHORSE IN SHORT TITLE.—The purpose in providing 

6 the short title used in this Act is to honor horses who 

7 died while competing in races with interstate, off-track wa8 gering authorized under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 

9 1978. Teller All Gone was an American Quarter Horse 

10 who last competed as a two-year old on September 3, 

11 2011. A race observer noted that Teller All Gone bid, 

12 dueled, and lugged in before going wrong and falling after 

13 the finish line. 

14 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF INTERSTATE HORSERACING ACT OF 

15 1978. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Interstate Horseracing Act 

17 of 1978 (Public Law 95–515; 15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is 

18 hereby repealed. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5362(10) 

20 of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (B)(iii)— 

23 (A) by striking subclause (I); and 


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1 (B) by redesignating subclauses (II), (III), 

2 and (IV) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), re3 spectively; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (C)(iv)— 

5 (A) by striking subclause (I); and 

6 (B) by redesignating subclauses (II), (III), 

7 and (IV) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), re8 spectively; 

9 (3) by striking subparagraph (D); and 

10 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub11 paragraph (D). 

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