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Union Calendar No. 405 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4777 
[Report No. 109–552, Part I] 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand and modernize the 
prohibition against interstate gambling, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2006 
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 
PITTS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. 
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BASS, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
BUYER, Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CULBERSON, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DEFAZIO, 
Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
EHLERS, 
Mrs. 
EMERSON, 
Mr. 
EVERETT, 
Mr. 
FORBES, 
Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. FORTUN˜O, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Ms. FOXX, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. 
GINGREY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Ms. HART, Mr. 
HAYES, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. 
HOSTETTLER, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. JENKINS, 
Mr. JINDAL, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. JONES of North Caro-
lina, Mr. KELLER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. KING 
of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. LEWIS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, 
Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MORAN of 
Kansas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. PETER-
SON of Minnesota, Mr. POE, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REGULA, 
Mr. REHBERG, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ROGERS 
of Michigan, Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHUSTER, 
Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SODREL, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SUL-
LIVAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, 
Mr. WALSH, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WICK-
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ER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. 
BRADY of Texas, Mr. DELAY, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JULY 10, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce for a period ending not later than September 15, 2006, for 
consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within 
the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f), rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than September 22, 2006 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. PETERSON 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. 
MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. KIRK, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BERRY, Mr. 
BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. FOLEY, Ms. 
GRANGER, Mr. HALL, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. THORNBERRY, 
Mr. HAYWORTH, and Miss MCMORRIS 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 16, 2006] 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand and mod-
ernize the prohibition against interstate gambling, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Gambling Pro-
hibition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 1081 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by designating the five undesignated para-
graphs that begin with ‘‘The term’’ as paragraphs (1) 
through (5), respectively; 
(2) by amending paragraph (5), as so des-
ignated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘communication facility’ means 
any and all instrumentalities, personnel, and services 
(among other things, the receipt, forwarding, or deliv-
ery of communications) used or useful in the trans-
mission of writings, signs, pictures, and sounds of all 
kinds by aid of wire, cable, radio, or an electro-
magnetic, photoelectronic or photooptical system, or 
other like connection (whether fixed or mobile) be-
tween the points of origin and reception of such 
transmission.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘bets or wagers’— 
‘‘(A) means the staking or risking by any 
person of something of value upon the outcome of 
a contest of others, a sporting event, or a game 
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predominantly subject to chance, upon an agree-
ment or understanding that the person or an-
other person will receive something of greater 
value than the amount staked or risked in the 
event of a certain outcome; 
‘‘(B) includes the purchase of a chance or 
opportunity to win a lottery or other prize 
(which opportunity to win is predominantly 
subject to chance); and 
‘‘(C) does not include— 
‘‘(i) a bona fide business transaction 
governed by the securities laws (as that 
term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78c(a)(47))) for the purchase or sale at a 
future date of securities (as that term is de-
fined in section 3(a)(10) of the Securities 
Exchange 
Act 
of 
1934 
(15 
U.S.C. 
78c(a)(10))); 
‘‘(ii) a transaction on or subject to the 
rules of a contract market designated pursu-
ant to section 5 of the Commodity Exchange 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7) or to any transaction sub-
ject to an exemption pursuant to section 
4(c) of such Act; 
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‘‘(iii) any over-the-counter derivative 
instrument; 
‘‘(iv) a contract of indemnity or guar-
antee; 
‘‘(v) a contract for life, health, or acci-
dent insurance; 
‘‘(vi) participation in any game or 
contest in which participants do not stake 
or risk anything of value other than— 
‘‘(I) personal efforts of the partici-
pants in playing the game or contest 
or obtaining access to the Internet; or 
‘‘(II) point or credits that the 
sponsor of the game or contest provides 
to participants free of charge and that 
can be used or redeemed only for par-
ticipation in games or contests offered 
by the sponsor; or 
‘‘(vii) participation in any simulation 
sports game or educational game or contest 
in which (if the game or contest involves a 
team or teams) all teams are fictional and 
no team is a member of an amateur or pro-
fessional sports organization (as those terms 
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