To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and for other purposes.

4/10/2008--Introduced.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation pursuant to the prohibition against acceptance of a financial instrument for unlawful internet gambling, including certain proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2007.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
• and 20 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14]
  • Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
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Committees

• House Financial Services

Amendments

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• Introduced on Apr 10, 2008.
• Apr 10, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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• Finance
• Administrative procedure
• Banks and banking
• Department of the Treasury
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• Federal reserve system
• Gambling
• Law
• Negotiable instruments
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June 28, 2008 Barney Frank's HR 5767 Defeated in House Financial Services Committee

San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) June 27, 2008 -- Wednesday was a dark day for online poker, as HR 5767 - which would have eliminated the regulations of the ...

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June 26, 2008 House in stalemate over Internet gambling amendment

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An A is achieved for being a supporter of online poker rights (co-sponsor of HR 2046, HR 2610, supporter of HR 5767 and/or HR 6870). An A- is achieved for voting against the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act (the bill ...

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January 01, 2009 Poker Alliance Awards Congress Scores

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