H.R.6870 - Payments System Protection Act of 2008

To ensure that implementation of proposed regulations under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, does not cause harm to the payments system, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: To ensure that implementation of proposed regulations under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, does not cause harm to the payments system, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Payments System Protection Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Payments System Protection Act of 2008 as introduced.

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12/30/08
Online Poker Scene - Year in Review: Poker Legislation

HR 6870 called for a laundry list of legal and illegal activities under the UIGEA to be drawn up. Its purpose was to provide guidance for the fledgling financial industry in enforcing the 2006 law. In order to decipher what was ...

12/24/08
Poker News - 2008 Nice List

In September, Frank introduced a modified version of the earlier bill, now H.R. 6870, that would have prohibited the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve from enacting any regulation of the UIGEA except for sports betting. ...

12/15/08
Pubblicità del PPA Prende di Mira i Legislatori per ...

Robert Wexler (D-FL); HR 6870, il "Payments System Protection Act" introdotto anche questo da Frank che cerca di bloccare o revocare parte dell'UIGEA 2006; e l'S 3616, "Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act" introdotto d

12/14/08
Online Gamblers!!! Help us Vote in Favor of HR 6870 | Open Poker ...

Due largely to the diligent work of poker players across America, we can now celebrate the best vote Internet poker has had in Congress. The Payment Systems.

12/14/08
PPA attackiert die Behörden in Washington mit Inseraten zum Thema ...

Robert Wexler (D-FL); HR 6870, den "Payments System Protection Act" ebenfalls durch Frank vorgestellt, welcher dadurch versuchen möchte zu verhindern, daß der UIGEA bzw. bestimmte Teile des UIGEA implementiert werden. ...

12/12/08
PPA Targets DC Officials with Gambling Print Ads | Poker News

Robert Wexler (D-FL); HR 6870, the "Payments System Protection Act" also introduced by Frank that attempts to block or revoke implementation of portions of the 2006 UIGEA; and S 3616, the "Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act"

12/10/08
PPA Runs Ad Campaign in Major Washington Newspapers

Frank’s HR 6870, the second installment of the Payments System Protection Act, was passed out of Committee by a 30-19 vote in September. The bill calls for a laundry list of activities to be developed that are legal under the Unlawful ...

12/09/08
Online Poker Scene - PPA Reacts to 60 Minutes Online Poker Story

His most recent attempt was HR 6870, the Payments System Protection Act, which called for the United States Treasury and Federal Reserve to work together with the Attorney General’s office to deduce what activities are legal under the ...

12/04/08
Spencer Bachus Comments on 60 Minutes Online Poker Story

Bachus voted against both HR 5767 and HR 6870 in Committee. The latter, which was the second version of the Payments System Protection Act, sought to clarify what was legal and what was illegal under the UIGEA. ...

11/30/08
Online Poker Scene - iMEGA Weighs in on UIGEA Regulations

In September, the poker world got word that HR 6870, the Payments System Protection Act, passed the House Financial Services Committee by a 30-19 vote. The bill, which was introduced by Committee Chairman Barney Frank, called for the ...

11/25/08
UIGEA Clarification Bill Passes Committee

Whether most in the poker community realize the ramifications of the passage of HR 6870 or not, it is a step in the right direction for the future of online poker and the poker industry as a whole. The.

11/22/08
Civil Liberties Groups Petition KY Court on Side of Poker Players

Whether most in the poker community realize the ramifications of the passage of H.R. 6870 or not, it is a step in the right direction for the future of online poker and the poker industry as a whole. The piece of legislation passed the ...

11/20/08
Harrisburg Poker: [PSA] Daniel Negreanu on UIGEA

September (12). World Series of Poker Europe Main Event · Poker Rule: The String Bet · GSN: Poker Sundays Begins Tonight · Barney Frank’s HR 6870 passes Committee vote · Support Online Poker · More US of A Poker Comm

11/19/08
BARNEY'S BILL GOES THROUGH

BARNEY'S BILL GOES THROUGH : 30-19 vote sees HR 6870 through mark-up process and on the way to the House. ... 30-19 vote sees HR 6870 through mark-up process and on the way to the House ...

11/18/08
IAVA and Ad Council Launch National PSA Campaign for Veterans of ...

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11/14/08
MCOP Finaletafel bekend + meer pokernieuws | Poker Nieuws

Als de H.R. 6870 wordt aangenomen dan varen poker spelers daar wel bij gezien online poker dan van de lijst van wat de regering als illegale gokactiviteiten bestempelt wordt afgehaald. Als dit wetsvoorstel wordt aangenomen zal die lijst ...

11/14/08
US Congress About to Reboot

HR 6870 — Payments System Protection Act of 2008 was introduced by Congressman Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and is his second attempt at weakening the UIGEA by requiring federal drafters to define ...

11/13/08
Online Poker Bills to get Second Chance in Congress

Frank has been a very outspoken critic since the passage of the UIGEA and the reintroduction of HR 6870 will be his second attempt at weakening the UIGEA by defining exactly what online gambling activities should be stopped. ...

11/13/08
Online Bingo and the US Law for Gaming

A major campaigner against the law has always been Barney Frank who only last week managed to push through HR 6870 - the Payments System Protection Act which calls for the suspension of the UIGEA. Congressman Frank wishes to see the ...

11/13/08
UIGEA Regulations Approved

HR 6870, the second version of the Payments System Protection Act, sought to develop a list of what is permissible under the law. In September, the bill passed by a 30-19 vote in the House Financial Services Committee. ...

11/12/08
UIGEA - the saga continues

Subsequently, my colleagues and I introduced legislation (HR 5767, later HR 6870) that would prohibit the implementation of these flawed rules and replace them with a formal rulemaking process that would define the term “unlawful ...

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11/11/08
Protests Mount Over UIGEA Regulations (Update)

Subsequently, my colleagues and I introduced legislation (HR 5767, later HR 6870) that would prohibit the implementation of these flawed rules and replace them with a formal rulemaking process that would define the term 'unlawful ...

11/10/08
Frank Calls on Bush Administration to Delay Internet Gambling ...

Subsequently, my colleagues and I introduced legislation (HR 5767, later HR 6870) that would prohibit the implementation of these flawed rules and replace them with a formal rulemaking process that would define the term “unlawful ...

11/10/08
Poker Player :: Articles :: Where Do Your Congressional ...

Sixty-six others received an “A,” and earned this rating by signing on as a cosponsor of HR 2046, HR 2610, supported HR 5767 and/or HR 6870, and supporting licensing and regulation of Internet poker. ...

11/10/08
Barney Frank Asks Paulson and Bernanke to Postpone Issuing Regs ...

Subsequently, my colleagues and I introduced legislation (HR 5767, later HR 6870) that would prohibit the implementation of these flawed rules and replace them with a formal rulemaking process that would define the term “unlawful ...

11/10/08
» Obama e il poker online GIOCO POKER ONLINE

La HR 6870 mira a chiarire la Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) del 2006 che è stata allegata senza scrupoli ad una legge sulla Sicurezza dei Porti con la quale non c’entrava nulla e approvata, in maniera sospetta, ...

11/07/08
Barney Frank to Continue to Push HR 6870

If HR 6870 does not come to the forefront in the midst of a lame duck session during these last few months of 2008, it will have to be reintroduced come 2009, as with any pending legislation. And no one is in a better position to lead ...

11/07/08
Post-Election Online Poker Assessment

... Act. In Tuesday's elections, Frank took down his Republican opponent, Earl Sholley, by an easy 68% to 25% victory, securing his re-election, and giving him more years ahead to finally get his HR 6870 passed by the senate. ...

11/06/08
Barack Obama vs Online Poker

Just before the end of the 2008 congressional Session, the second revision of Barney Frank‘s bill, HR 6870 – the Payment Systems Protection Act – finally made its way past the House Financial Services Committee. HR 6870 seeks to clarify ...

11/05/08
Friends of Online Poker Re-Elected in US

More recently, Frank introduced HR 6870, the Payments System Protection Act. HR 6870 was approved by the House Financial Services Committee, of which Frank is its Chair, but has not yet been discussed on the House floor. ...

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