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Topic: Domestic Commerce — Consumer Finance
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2016-07-14 00:00:00

Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act

This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to exempt from maintenance of mortgage loan records and disclosure requirements depository institutions that have originated in each of the two preceding calendar years:

 fewer than 100 closed-end mortgage loans, and fewer than 200 open-end lines of credit.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Consumer Finance
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2016-09-14 00:00:00

Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2016

 This bill amends the Truth In Lending Act to limit the annual percentage rate applicable to any consumer credit transaction (other than a residential mortgage transaction), including any associated fees, to the maximum rate permitted by the laws of the state in which the consumer resides.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for violations of the Animal Welfare Act relating to: (1) sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in an animal fighting venture; (2) buying, selling, transporting, delivering, or receiving for purposes of transportation, in interstate or foreign commerce, any dog or other animal for participation in an animal fighting venture; and (3) using the mails or other instrumentality of interstate commerce to promote or further an animal fighting venture. Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit knowingly selling, buying, transporting, or delivering, in interstate or foreign commerce, a knife, a gaffe, or any other sharp instrument for attachment to the leg of a bird for use in an animal fighting venture.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Sports and recreation
Date: 2007-02-16 00:00:00

Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national campaign to increase knowledge and raise awareness of problem gambling.Requires the Secretary to: (1) administer and coordinate the voluntary donation of resources to assist in implementing new programs and augmenting existing national campaigns to provide national strategies for dissemination of information intended to address problem gambling; (2) encourage media outlets to provide information aimed at preventing problem gambling; and (3) target radio and television audiences of sporting events and gambling.Requires the President to: (1) establish and implement a national program of research on problem gambling; (2) appoint an advisory commission to coordinate federal research; and (3) consider the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's recommendations.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit agencies to provide comprehensive services with respect to treatment and prevention of, and education about, problem gambling.Directs the President, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to develop a Treatment Improvement Protocol for problem gamblingExpresses the sense of Congress that every state should contribute a percentage of its revenue from gambling towards prevention and treatment of, and services and education about, problem gambling.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-03-01 00:00:00

Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification, for depreciation purposes, of any motorsports entertainment complex as seven year property.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2007-04-26 00:00:00

Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends federal law governing monetary transactions to establish an Internet Gambling Licensing Program administered and enforced by the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Director). Prescribes requirements for the licensing of Internet betting or wagering. Provides that activities involving investment banking, payment and transaction processing, and financial transactions are shielded from liability if they are conducted in compliance with this Act and specified law.Authorizes states, Indian tribes and sporting leagues to prohibit internet gambling licenses.Subjects violators of this Act to criminal penalties.Instructs the Director to report annually to Congress on the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling operators.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Law
Date: 2007-05-03 00:00:00

Internet Gambling Study Act - Requires the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of Internet gambling, including the existing legal framework that governs such activities and transactions and the impact of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on Internet gambling in the United States.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Sports and recreation
Date: 2007-05-03 00:00:00

Jockeys' Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to add as conditions for the acceptance of interstate off-track wagers by an off-track betting system that: (1) a consenting host racing associationss agreement with the horsemans group must provide that such group shall pay not less than 50% of the amount it receives to the host racing commission for the purpose of offering insurance coverage for professional jockeys, exercise riders, and backside personnel and trainers (except where such persons are included in a state workers compensation program); and (2) the consenting host racing commission must agree to offer such insurance. Defines "insurance coverage" to mean health and injury insurance for jockeys, exercise riders, and backside personnel and trainers who are employed or under contract for training or horse racing in the state of the host racing association and who may be injured in the performance of their official duties. Allows a jockey, exercise rider, or trainer or other backside personnel to bring a civil action for a violation of this Act.Prohibits a person from entering a horse in any race that is the subject of an interstate off-track wager if such horse has been given anabolic steroids. Requires the appropriate host racing commission to develop procedures for and administer testing for anabolic steroids.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce the duty on golf club driver heads.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2007-06-07 00:00:00

Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish licensing requirements and fees for Internet gambling operators.Requires Internet gambling operators to pay to the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network during each 30-day period of operation a license fee of 2% of all bets and wagers placed during the preceding 30-day period.Requires the Director to grant Internet gambling licenses to applicants who meet criteria set by the Director and are generally fit to engage in the business of Internet gambling. Requires such operators to adopt appropriate mechanisms to ensure the collection of all taxes and license fees relating to Internet gambling that become due to federal and state governments.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2007-06-07 00:00:00

Skill Game Protection Act - Amends federal criminal law to exempt from the prohibition against transmission of wagering information the operation or participation in poker, chess, bridge, mahjong or any other game where success is predominantly determined by a player's skill, to the extent that: (1) the game provides for competition only between and among participants, and not against the person operating the game; and (2) the operator is in compliance with federal regulations governing games of skill. Amends federal law governing monetary transactions to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations requiring each person who operates a game of skill on the Internet to maintain specified safeguards, including: (1) that the individual participant depositing funds is 18 years of age or older; (2) that the individual participant is physically located in a jurisdiction that does not bar participation in the particular Internet games of skill in which the individual participates; and (3) that all taxes relating to Internet games of skill due to federal and state governments and to Indian tribes from individual participants are collected at the time of any payment of any proceeds of Internet games of skill.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Science, technology, communications
Date: 2007-07-10 00:00:00

Children Protection from Video Game Violence and Sexual Content Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study and report to Congress on the system employed by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to assign ratings to video games, including the FTC's opinion on whether the system exposes children to excessive violence and sexual content. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the impact of video games on the mental stability and growth of children and young adults.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Sports and recreation
Date: 2007-10-31 00:00:00

Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Commission (USBC) and held in a State or on tribal land that regulates matches in accordance with USBC standards; (3) require specified pre-fight boxer physical examinations and to require the continuous presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension; (6) require the USBC to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide specified disclosures; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled unless all participating judges and referees are by the USBC; (9) require the USBC to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBC officers and employees. Establishes the USBC within the Department of Commerce to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) establish a national computerized registry of boxing personnel.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-12-12 00:00:00

Warrant Officer Aaron Walsh Stop DOD-Sponsored Gambling Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the use of gambling devices on property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, except for charitable events and state lotteries.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2008-03-04 00:00:00

Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an Internet gambling license fee on Internet gambling operators; (2) require such operators to file informational returns identifying themselves and the individuals placing wagers with them; (3) require withholding of tax on annual Internet gambling winnings of more than $5,000; (4) impose a 30% tax on the Internet gambling winnings of nonresident aliens; and (5) impose the excise tax on wagers on any individual who places a wager with an unlicensed Internet gambling operator.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2008-07-15 00:00:00

Investing in our Human Resources Act of 2008 - Amends the Social Security Act to create a new title XXII: Block Grants to States for Transitional Assistance. Creates the Transitional Assistance Trust Fund, consisting of amounts equivalent to taxes attributable to Internet gambling. Entitles each state to a grant each fiscal year for a transitional assistance program which provides for: (1) expanded education and job training opportunities for individuals who are, or were formerly, in foster care; (2) expanded post-secondary education and job training opportunities for individuals who are working in, or had worked in, declining sectors of the economy; and (3) a subsidy for public transportation for unemployed individuals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Safe Internet Gambling Practices Program to promote responsible Internet gambling behavior and awareness of unsafe Internet gambling practices.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2008-07-30 00:00:00

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Clarification and Implementation Act of 2008 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Attorney General should focus prosecutorial efforts on persons who: (1) offer Internet sports betting in the United States; or (2) process payments for illegal Internet sports betting in the United States. Amends federal law governing prohibited funding of unlawful Internet gambling to declare that no person shall be subject to criminal liability arising out of certain bets or wagers by means of the Internet. Defines criminal liability to include actions against real or personal property that arise from or depend upon the allegedly criminal nature of the bet or wager or of the transmission or receipt of funds in connection with that bet or wager.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to limit the federal share of the cost of acquiring land for, or construction or expansion of, public target ranges in eligible states to 90% of such cost. Defines "eligible state" to mean a state that, since the most recent decennial census, has experienced: (1) at least a 2% growth in population; and (2) a reduction in the acreage of federal lands in such state where target practice and marksmanship training are permitted. Specifies that amounts made available and apportioned for grants that are provided to eligible states under the firearm and bow hunter education and safety program for acquiring land for, or construction or expansion of, public target ranges shall remain available until they are expended. Permits not more than 10% of the amounts apportioned to an eligible state under the Act for such state's wildlife conservation and restoration program to be used for acquiring land for, or construction or expansion of, public target ranges or for assisting a federal land-management agency with environmental remediation or other steps needed to allow for public target ranges on federal lands.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Commerce
Date: 2007-01-10 00:00:00

Football Fairness Act of 2007 - Provides that it shall not be unlawful under the antitrust laws for the National Football League to enforce rules authorizing its membership to decide that a member club shall not be relocated.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Date: 2007-06-27 00:00:00

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce the duty on golf club driver heads.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-10-26 00:00:00

Motorsports Tax Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification, for depreciation purposes, of any motorsports entertainment complex as seven-year property.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Commerce
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00

College Football Playoff Act of 2009 - Prohibits promoting, marketing, or advertising a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) game as a championship or national championship game (or any merchandise that refers to the game as a championship or national championship game) unless such game is the final game of a single elimination post-season playoff system for which all NCAA Division I FBS conferences and unaffiliated Division I FBS teams are eligible. Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Makes this Act applicable to any game that occurs after January 31, 2011.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00

Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Director of Foreign Assistance, in consultation with the government of Haiti and Haitian civil society organizations, to establish the Haiti Professional Exchange Program whose purpose shall be to assign qualified Haitian Americans and others to provide technical assistance to help Haiti improve in areas vital to its growth and development, including education, energy, environment, health care, infrastructure, security, transportation, and disaster preparedness. Requires that the Director establish an outreach program to encourage Exchange Program participation. Sets forth Program provisions. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of State to implement a student loan forgiveness program for Program participants.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require excise taxes on recreational equipment to be due and payable on the date for filing the return for such taxes.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Sports and recreation
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00

Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Commission (USBC) and held in a state or on tribal land that regulates matches in accordance with USBC standards; (3) require specified pre-fight boxer physical examinations and to require the continuous presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension; (6) require the USBC to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide specified disclosures; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled unless all participating judges and referees are by the USBC; (9) require the USBC to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBC officers and employees. Establishes the USBC within the Department of Commerce to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) establish a national computerized registry of boxing personnel.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Education
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00

Championship Fairness Act of 2009 - Prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds for any fiscal year during which it has a football team participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, unless such Subdivision's national championship game is the final game of a single elimination post-season playoff system.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-04-02 00:00:00

Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification, for depreciation purposes, of any motorsports entertainment complex as seven-year property.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-04-28 00:00:00

Parimutuel Conformity and Equality Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate withholding of tax requirements on certain proceeds in a parimutuel pool.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-05-06 00:00:00

Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an Internet gambling license fee on Internet gambling operators and an additional tax on unauthorized bets or wagers; (2) require such operators to file informational returns identifying themselves and the individuals placing bets or wagers with them; (3) require withholding of tax on net Internet gambling winnings and on the winnings of nonresident aliens; and (4) extend the excise tax on wagers to include wagers placed within the United States or any commonwealth, territory, or possession by a U.S. citizen or resident.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2010-03-25 00:00:00

Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an Internet gambling license fee on Internet gambling operators and an additional tax on unauthorized bets or wagers; (2) require such operators to keep daily records of gambling deposits and file informational returns identifying themselves and the individuals placing bets or wagers with them; (3) require operators to pay state and Indian tribal governments a 6% fee on gambling deposits; (4) require withholding of tax on net Internet gambling winnings and on the gross amount of winnings of nonresident aliens; and (5) extend the excise tax on wagers to include wagers placed with the United States or any commonwealth, territory, or possession by a U.S. citizen or resident. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to states to carry out an American Heritage Program through state arts agencies. Allocates .5% of the tax revenues attributable to Internet gambling to the American Heritage Block Grant Fund to finance the American Heritage Program. Amends the Social Security Act to establish the Transitional Assistance Trust Fund to finance state plans for transitional education and job training assistance to individuals who are, or were formerly, in foster care. Allocates 25% of the tax revenues attributable to Internet gambling to the Trust Fund.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2010-06-24 00:00:00

Wire Clarification Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that criminal penalties under such code and other provisions of federal law for transmitting bets and wages on sporting events or contests shall not apply to any bet or wager that is permissible under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978.
Topic: Domestic Commerce — Sports Regulation
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-03-18 00:00:00

Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require excise taxes on recreational equipment to be due and payable on the date for filing the return for such taxes.