A bill to ensure the integrity of laws enacted to prevent the use of financial instruments for funding or operating online casinos are not undermined by legal opinions not carrying the force of law issued by Federal Government lawyers.

Bill: 114-s-3376
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2016-09-21
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Gambling

Illinois

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

New York State
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill declares that the Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (September 20, 2011) shall have no force or effect for purposes of interpreting the definition of &quot;unlawful Internet gambling&quot; under current federal law.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3376 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 2016 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Lee , and Mr. Graham ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To ensure the integrity of laws enacted to prevent the use of financial instruments for funding or operating online casinos are not undermined by legal opinions not carrying the force of law issued by Federal Government lawyers.

1. Reaffirmation of prohibition on funding of unlawful internet gambling The Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, dated September 20, 2011, shall have no force or effect for the purposes of interpreting section 5362(10) of title 31, United States Code.