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‘‘(10) The term ‘gambling business’ means a 
business of betting or wagering. 
‘‘(11) The terms ‘own or control’ and ‘owned or 
controlled’ include circumstances within the meaning 
of section 2(a)(2) of the Bank Holding Company Act 
of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2)).’’. 
(2) MODIFICATION
OF
EXISTING
PROHIBI-
TION.—Section 1084 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1084. Transmission of wagering information; pen-
alties 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
section or in the Internet Gambling Regulation, Enforce-
ment, and Consumer Protection Act of 2013, it shall be 
unlawful for a person that is engaged in a gambling busi-
ness to knowingly use 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 country with respect to any transmission to or from 
the United States, of— 
‘‘(1) bets or wagers; 
‘‘(2) information assisting in the placing of bets 
or wagers; or 
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‘‘(3) a communication, which entitles the recipi-
ent to receive money or credit as a result of bets or 
wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of 
bets or wagers. 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more 
than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) TRANSMISSION
IN INTERSTATE
OR FOREIGN 
COMMERCE.—Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, the transmission of bets or wagers, information as-
sisting in the placing of bets or wagers, or a communica-
tion 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 shall be considered a 
transmission in interstate or foreign commerce subject to 
this section if such transmission involved the use, in some 
part, of the Internet. 
‘‘(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to— 
‘‘(1) prohibit— 
‘‘(A) the transmission of information as-
sisting 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 
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facilitating or enabling the placing or receipt of 
bets or wagers; 
‘‘(B) the interstate transmission of infor-
mation relating to a State-specific lottery be-
tween 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; or 
‘‘(C) a qualifying intrastate lottery trans-
action (as defined in section 102 of the Internet 
Gambling Regulation, Enforcement, and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 2013; 
‘‘(D) any authorized activity carried out in 
connection with a license issued under the 
Internet Gambling Regulation, Enforcement, 
and Consumer Protection Act of 2013. 
‘‘(2) create immunity from criminal prosecution 
under any laws of a State or tribe; or 
‘‘(3) authorize activity that is prohibited under 
chapter 178 of title 28. 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall not apply to 
any activity that is permissible under the Interstate horse-
racing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), or any activ-
ity that is permissible under title I of the Internet Gam-
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bling Regulation, Enforcement, and Consumer Protection 
Act of 2013. 
‘‘(f) DUTY OF COMMON CARRIER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a common carrier (as de-
fined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)), 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 the jurisdiction of 
the law enforcement agency, that a communication 
facility furnished by the common carrier is being 
used or will be used by a subscriber of the common 
carrier for the purpose of transmitting or receiving 
gambling information in interstate or foreign com-
merce, within the special maritime and territorial ju-
risdiction of the United States, or to or from any 
place outside the jurisdiction of any country with re-
spect to any transmission to or from the United 
States in violation of Federal, State, tribal, or local 
law, the common carrier shall discontinue or refuse, 
the leasing, furnishing, or maintaining of such facil-
ity, after reasonable notice to the subscriber. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—No damages, 
penalty, or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be 
found against a common carrier for any act done in 
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compliance with any notice received from a law en-
forcement agency. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to prejudice the 
right of any person affected 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 discon-
tinued or removed, or should be restored. 
‘‘(g) EXCLUSIONS.—This section, subchapter IV of 
chapter 53 of title 31, and any other provision of Federal 
law that establishes criminal penalties for any activity in-
volved in placing, receiving or otherwise transmitting a bet 
or wager shall not apply to any bet or wager that— 
‘‘(1) is permissible under the Interstate horse-
racing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) is an international off-track wager on 
horseracing, or the combination of international 
horseracing pari-mutuel wagering pools, that is law-
ful in the State or foreign jurisdiction involved; 
‘‘(3) is permissible under the Prohibition of 
Internet Gambling, Regulation, and Consumer Pro-
tection Act of 2013; or 
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‘‘(4) is a qualifying intrastate lottery bet or 
wager as defined in section 102 of the Act referred 
to in paragraph (3).’’. 
(3) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
CIVIL
ENFORCE-
MENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 50 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 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) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘account’ means— 
‘‘(A) the unpaid balance of money or its 
equivalent received or held by an insured depos-
itory institution in the usual course of business 
and for which it has given or is obligated to 
give credit, either conditionally or uncondition-
ally, to an account, including interest credited, 
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or which is evidenced by an instrument on 
which the depository institution is primarily lia-
ble; 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 pur-
pose, regardless of the legal relationships estab-
lished thereby, including escrow funds, funds 
held as security for securities loaned by the de-
pository institution, funds deposited as advance 
payment on subscriptions to United States Gov-
ernment securities, and funds held to meet its 
acceptances. 
‘‘(2) PROCEEDINGS.—The United States may 
institute proceedings under this section— 
‘‘(A) to obtain injunctive or declarative re-
lief, including a temporary restraining order 
and a preliminary injunction, against any per-
son (other than a financial transaction provider, 
except as provided in paragraph (3)) to prevent 
or restrain a violation or a threatened violation 
of section 1084; 
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‘‘(B) in the case of an insured depository 
institution that is a financial transaction pro-
vider, 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 de-
scribed in clause (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. 
‘‘(3) FINANCIAL
TRANSACTION
PROVIDERS.— 
The limitation in paragraph (2)(A) shall not apply 
if the financial transaction provider is a gambling 
business, in which case, such financial transaction 
provider shall be subject to the enforcement provi-
sions under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) INJUNCTIVE PROCEEDINGS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—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 threat-
ened violation. 
‘‘(B) RELIEF.—Upon application of the at-
torney general (or other appropriate State offi-
cial) of an affected State under subparagraph 
(A), the district court may enter a temporary 
restraining order, a preliminary injunction, an 
injunction, or declaratory relief against any per-
son (other than a financial transaction pro-
vider) to prevent or restrain a violation or 
threatened violation of section 1084, in accord-
ance with rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure. 
‘‘(5) 
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing paragraphs (2) and (4), for a communica-
tion in violation of section 1084 that allegedly has 
been or will be initiated or received on Indian lands 
(as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703))— 
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‘‘(A) the United States shall have the en-
forcement authority provided under paragraph 
(2); 
‘‘(B) the enforcement authorities specified 
in an applicable Tribal-State compact nego-
tiated under section 11 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710) shall be car-
ried out in accordance with that compact; and 
‘‘(C) if there is no applicable Tribal-State 
compact, an appropriate tribal official may in-
stitute proceedings in the same manner as an 
attorney general of a State. 
‘‘(6) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to alter, super-
sede, or otherwise affect the application of the In-
dian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(7) 
LIMITATION
ON
RELIEF.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (4), no relief shall be granted 
under this section against a financial transaction 
provider except as provided in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—No damages, pen-
alty, or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against 
any person or entity for any act done in compliance with 
any notice received from a law enforcement agency.’’. 
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(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 50 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 1084 the following: 
‘‘1085. Civil remedies.’’. 
(g) SYSTEMS USED IN SUPPORT OF LAWFUL GAM-
BLING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This title, subchapter IV of 
chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, section 
1084 of title 18, United States Code, and any other 
provision of Federal law that establishes criminal 
penalties for any activity involved in placing, receiv-
ing, or otherwise transmitting a bet or wager, infor-
mation assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, or 
a communication which entitles the recipient to re-
ceive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, 
shall not apply to gaming devices, information, or 
communications, to the extent used to support bets 
or wagers offered by a casino gaming facility that— 
(A) occur between participants who are lo-
cated on the premises of the same casino gam-
ing facility; and 
(B) are lawful in the State or on the In-
dian lands in or on which the casino gaming fa-
cility is located. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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