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(2) "insured credit union" shall have the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1752 ).
(3) "insured depository institution" shall have the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813 ).
(5) "savings promotion raffle" means a contest in which the sole consideration required for a chance of winning designated prizes is obtained by the deposit of a specified amount of money in a savings account or other savings program, where each ticket or entry has an equal chance of being drawn, such contest being subject to regulations that may from time to time be promulgated by the appropriate prudential regulator (as defined in section 1002 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5481 )).
Added Pub. L. 91-452, title VIII, §803(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 937; amended Pub. L. 99-514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 113-251, §5(3), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2891.
REFERENCES IN TEXTParagraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (e)(1), is classified to section 501(c)(3) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
AMENDMENTS2014-Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 113-251, §5(3)(A)(iii), added pars. (2) and (3). Former pars. (2) and (3) redesignated (4) and (6), respectively.Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 113-251, §5(3)(A)(i), redesignated par. (2) as (4).Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 113-251, §5(3)(A)(iv), added par. (5).Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 113-251, §5(3)(A)(ii), redesignated par. (3) as (6).Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113-251, §5(3)(B), substituted "This section shall not apply to-" for "This section shall not apply to any bingo", inserted "(1) any bingo" before "game,", substituted "activity; or" for "activity.", and added par. (2). 1994-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $20,000". 1986-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954".
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise in Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later than Dec. 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of offices eliminated were already vested in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION Pub. L. 104-169, 110 Stat. 1482, as amended by Pub. L. 105-30, §1, July 25, 1997, 111 Stat. 248, established the National Gambling Impact Study Commission to conduct a comprehensive legal and factual study of the social and economic impacts of gambling in the United States on Federal, State, local, and Native American tribal governments, as well as on communities and social institutions generally, including individuals, families, and businesses within such communities and institutions, and to submit a report, not later than two years after its first meeting, to the President, the Congress, State Governors, and Native American tribal governments containing the Commission's findings and conclusions, together with any recommendations of the Commission, and further provided for membership of the Commission, meetings, powers and duties of the Commission, personnel matters, contracts for research with the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and the National Research Council, definitions, appropriations, and termination of the Commission 60 days after submission of its final report.
PRIORITY OF STATE LAWS Enactment of this section as not indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which this section operates to the exclusion of State of local law on the same subject matter, or to relieve any person of any obligation imposed by any State or local law, see section 811 of Pub. L. 91-452 set out as a Priority of State Laws note under section 1511 of this title.
COMMISSION ON REVIEW OF NATIONAL POLICY TOWARD GAMBLINGSections 804-809 of Pub. L. 91-452 established Commission on Review of National Policy Toward Gambling, provided for its membership and compensation of members and staff, empowered Commission to subpoena witnesses and grant immunity, required Commission to make a study of gambling in United States and existing Federal, State, and local policy and practices with respect to prohibition and taxation of gambling activities and to make a final report of its findings and recommendations to President and to Congress within four years of its establishment, and provided for its termination sixty days after submission of final report.