(a) In General- The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a national program to be known as the ‘Safe Internet Gambling Practices Program’. The Safe Internet Gambling Practices Program shall--
(1) promote responsible Internet gambling behavior; and
(2) promote the awareness of unsafe Internet gambling practices.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year to the Secretary of Health and Human Services an amount from the Transitional Assistance Trust Fund equal to the amount deposited in the Transitional Assistance Trust Fund during the previous fiscal year not otherwise authorized to be appropriated
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING TO IMPLEMENT SUBCHAPTER ON PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING AND DEFINE UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING.
(a) In General- Notwithstanding section 2, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall jointly develop and implement regulations (which the Secretary and the Board jointly determine to be appropriate), on the record after opportunity for agency hearing involving an administrative law judge or similar official, under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, that shall include a definition of the term ‘unlawful Internet gambling’ for purposes of such subchapter and such regulations, after conducting a full economic impact study of the proposed regulations under chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Regulatory Flexibility Act’).
(b) Treasury List of Unlawful Internet Gambling Businesses- No regulations under subsection (a) to implement the requirements of section 5364 of title 31, United States Code, shall be effective unless such regulations--
(1) require the Secretary of the Treasury to compile and maintain a list of unlawful Internet 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 the list maintained by the Secretary.
(c) Coordination With Prohibition- Upon the effective date of final regulations under subsection (a), section 2 shall cease to apply.
To amend subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and section 1084 of title 18 of such Code to clarify the applicability of such provisions to games of skill, and establish certain requirements with respect to such games, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 7, 2007
Mr. WEXLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
