Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Sports Wagers on Indian Lands Act

Bill: 116-hr-5502
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2019-12-19
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Gambling

Indian lands and resources rights

Intergovernmental relations

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Sports Wagers on Indian Lands Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes provisions related to the regulation of certain online sports wagers (i.e., bets) as Indian gaming.</p> <p>The bill deems an online sports wager as occurring exclusively on Indian lands, and therefore subject to the jurisdictional framework that governs Indian gaming, if (1) the person placing the wager and the server that accepts the wager are located in the same state, and (2) the applicable state and Indian tribe have entered into a gaming compact that authorizes online sports wagering.</p> <p>For the purposes of regulation as Indian gaming, an online sports wager is deemed to be made at the physical location of the server or other computer equipment used to accept the wager.</p> <p>The bill also excludes online sports wagering platform vendors from the management contract requirements related to Indian gaming.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5502 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2019 Mr. Brindisi (for himself, Mr. Katko , Mr. Higgins of New York , and Mr. Gosar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To remove Federal barriers regarding the offering of mobile sports wagers on Indian lands when the applicable State and Indian Tribe have reached an agreement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Sports Wagers on Indian Lands Act . 2. Definitions For the purposes of this Act— (1) the term interactive sports wagering platform means a person or entity to the extent such person or entity offers lawful sports wagering over the internet, including through an internet website or mobile application; and (2) the term sports wager means the staking or risking by any person of something of value upon the outcome of a sporting event, including the outcome of any portion or aspect thereof, upon an agreement or understanding that the person or another person shall receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome. 3. IGRA sports wagers For purposes of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) only, a sports wager made through an interactive sports wagering platform shall be deemed to be made at the physical location of the server or other computer equipment used to accept the sports wager. 4. Preservation of States’ rights With respect to a sports wager accepted through a server or other equipment located on Indian lands (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2703 )), the sports wager shall be considered to be exclusively occurring on Indian lands if— (1) the person placing the sports wager and the server or other computer equipment through which the sports wager is accepted are in the same State; and (2) the applicable State and Indian Tribe have entered into a Tribal-State compact under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act authorizing the placing of sports wagers through interactive sports wagering platforms. 5. Management agreements Section 12 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2711 ) is amended by adding at end the following: (j) Subsection (b)(5) and subsection (c) shall not apply to a management contract entered into between an Indian Tribe and a person or entity to the extent such person or entity offers lawful sports wagering over the internet, including through an internet website or mobile application. .