(E) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’
means the Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) CIVIL REMEDIES.—
(1) JURISDICTION.—The district courts of the
United States shall have original and exclusive juris-
diction to prevent and restrain violations of this sec-
tion by issuing appropriate orders in accordance
with this section, regardless of whether a prosecu-
tion has been initiated under this section.
(2) PROCEEDINGS.—
(A) INSTITUTION
BY
FEDERAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The United States,
acting through the Attorney General, may
institute proceedings under this subsection
to prevent or restrain a violation of this
section.
(ii) RELIEF.—Upon application of the
United States under this subparagraph,
the district court may enter a preliminary
injunction or an injunction against any
person to prevent or restrain a violation of
this section, in accordance with Rule 65 of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(B) INSTITUTION
BY
STATE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The attorney gen-
eral of a State (or other appropriate State
official) in which a violation of this section
allegedly has occurred or will occur may in-
stitute proceedings under this subsection to
prevent or restrain the violation.
(ii) RELIEF.—Upon application of the
attorney general (or other appropriate
State official) of an affected State under
this subparagraph, the district court may
enter a preliminary injunction or an in-
junction against any person to prevent or
restrain a violation of this section, in ac-
cordance with Rule 65 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure.
(C) INDIAN LANDS.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B), for a violation that is
alleged to have occurred, or may occur, on In-
dian lands (as that term is defined in section 4
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act)—
(i) the United States shall have the
enforcement authority provided under sub-
paragraph (A); and
(ii) the enforcement authorities speci-
fied in an applicable Tribal-State compact
negotiated under section 11 of the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act shall be carried
out in accordance with that compact.
(3) EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any pro-
ceeding under paragraph (2), a district court
may, in exigent circumstances, enter a tem-
porary restraining order against a person al-
leged to be in violation of this section upon ap-
plication of the United States under paragraph
(2)(A), or the attorney general (or other appro-
priate State official) of an affected State under
paragraph (2)(B), in accordance with Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(d) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever violates this section
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(2) PERMANENT
INJUNCTION.—Upon convic-
tion of a person under this subsection, the court
may enter a permanent injunction enjoining such
person from placing, receiving, or otherwise making
bets or wagers or sending, receiving, or inviting in-
formation assisting in the placing of bets or wagers.
(e) 
SAFE
HARBOR
FOR
FINANCIAL
INTER-
MEDIARIES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No creditor, credit card
issuer, financial institution, operator of a terminal at
which an electronic fund transfer may be initiated,
money transmitting business, or national, regional,
or local network utilized to effect a credit trans-
action, electronic fund transfer, or money transmit-
ting service shall be liable under this section for the
involvement of such person, or the use of the facili-
ties of such person—
(A) in any credit transaction, electronic
fund transfer, or money transmitting service de-
scribed in subsection (a); or
(B) in drawing, paying, transferring, or
collecting any check, draft, or other instrument
described in subsection (a) or in any regulation
prescribed under such subsection.
(2) EXCEPTION FOR KNOWING PARTICIPATION
IN A GAMBLING BUSINESS.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply with respect to any person referred to in such
paragraph which is a gambling business or which
knowingly participates in any activity referred to in
subparagraph (A) or (B) of such paragraph as an
agent or representative of a gambling business.
SEC. 4. INTERNET GAMBLING IN OR THROUGH FOREIGN
JURISDICTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In deliberations between the
United States Government and any other country on
money laundering, corruption, and crime issues, the
United States Government should—
(1) encourage cooperation by foreign govern-
ments and relevant international fora in identifying
whether Internet gambling operations are being used
for money laundering, corruption, or other crimes;
(2) advance policies that promote the coopera-
tion of foreign governments, through information
sharing or other measures, in the enforcement of
this Act; and
(3) encourage the Financial Action Task Force
on Money Laundering, in its annual report on
money laundering typologies, to study the extent to
which Internet gambling operations are being used
for money laundering.
(b) REPORT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall submit an annual report to the Congress
on the deliberations between the United States and other
countries on issues relating to Internet gambling.
SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
Section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. 1818) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(x) DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION INVOLVEMENT
IN
INTERNET GAMBLING.—Notwithstanding section 3(e) of
the Internet Gambling Payments Prohibition Act, if any
appropriate Federal banking agency determines that any
insured depository institution is engaged in any of the fol-
lowing activities, the agency may issue an order to such
institution prohibiting such institution from continuing to
engage in any of the following activities:
‘‘(1) Extending credit, or facilitating an exten-
sion of credit, electronic fund transfer, or money
transmitting service with the actual knowledge that
any person is violating section 3(a) of the Internet
Gambling Payments Prohibition Act in connection
with such extension of credit, electronic fund trans-
fer, or money transmitting service.
‘‘(2) Paying, transferring, or collecting on any
check, draft, or other instrument drawn on any de-
pository institution with the actual knowledge that
any person is violating section 3(a) of the Internet
Gambling Payments Prohibition Act in connection
with such check, draft, or other instrument.’’.
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