Payments System Protection Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6870
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of the Treasury
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Electronic funds transfers
Federal Reserve System
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Internet
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Payments System Protection Act of 2008 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation against funding unlawful Internet gambling, including proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2007, except to the extent such regulation: (1) pertains to wagering prohibited under specified law relating to professional and amateur sports protection, or (2) is developed on the record jointly by the Secretary and the Board, after opportunity for an agency hearing with an administrative law judge (or similar official), complete with a definition of &quot;unlawful Internet gambling,&quot; and after conducting a full economic impact study of the proposed regulations under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Payments System Protection Act of 2008 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation against funding unlawful Internet gambling, including proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2007, except to the extent such regulation: (1) pertains to unlawful Internet sports gambling; or (2) is developed on the record jointly by the Secretary and the Board, after opportunity for an agency hearing with an administrative law judge (or similar official), complete with a definition of &quot;unlawful Internet gambling,&quot; and after conducting a full economic impact study of the proposed regulations under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
 
Requires the Secretary and the Board jointly to prescribe interim final regulations governing unlawful Internet sports gambling. 
 
Defines &quot;unlawful Internet sports gambling&quot; as bets or wagers placed over the Internet on a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme based, directly or indirectly on competitive games in which athletes participate (excluding parimutuel animal racing or jai-alai games), or on performances of such athletes in such games.
 
Declares ineffective any regulations to implement certain policies and procedures governing restricted transactions unless such regulations: (1) require the Secretary to compile and maintain a list of unlawful Internet sports gambling businesses; and (2) do not require any person to block or refuse to honor any transaction, or prohibit the acceptance of any product or service of such person, other than in connection with a business on a specified list maintained by the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 585.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-910.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-910.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 19.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House