Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act

Bill: 108-hr-1223
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2003-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Charities
Checks
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Credit cards
Electronic commerce
Electronic funds transfers
Europe
European Union
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Indian law enforcement
International Affairs
International cooperation
Internet
Law
Legislation
Licenses
Local laws
Lotteries
Minorities
Minors
Money laundering
Native Americans
Negotiations
Organized crime
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Supreme Court decisions
Taxation
Terrorism
Video games

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act - Establishes the Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Study Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the existing legal framework governing Internet gambling and the issues involved with the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling.
Requires matters studied to include: (1) a review of existing laws governing wagering over the Internet; (2) the impact of Internet gambling with respect to problem gambling, the availability of gambling to minors, and its susceptibility to money laundering by terrorists or criminal enterprises; (3) the potential of regulatory measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling; (4) an evaluation of the personal use of credit, credit cards, electronic fund transfers, and bank instruments to fund Internet gambling; (5) federalism issues; (6) the problems of unregulated international Internet wagering and Federal options in seeking international cooperation; and (7) an assessment of European Union member state activities to regulate and license Internet gambling.
Requires the Commission to issue proposed changes which: (1) preserve the prerogatives of States and tribal sovereignty; (2) include measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling and to eliminate the disparate treatment of various forms of Internet gambling (with an exception); (3) provide for the appropriate taxation of Internet gambling enterprises; (4) provide for the licensing of enterprises both within and outside of the United States; (5) remain consistent with U.S. goals, principles, and obligations in other international negotiations governing electronic commerce; and (6) include measures to discourage, prohibit, or prevent U.S. citizens from wagering with unlicensed Internet gambling operations outside the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E439)
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Introduced in House