HR 2702 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 2702CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the scope of the provision commonly referred to as the ‘Wire Act’, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

July 29, 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. GIBSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the scope of the provision commonly referred to as the ‘Wire Act’, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Wire Clarification Act of 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. SCOPE OF SO-CALLED ‘WIRE ACT’.

Section 1084 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(f) Clarification of Scope- This section, subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code (enacted into law by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006), and any other provision of Federal law that establishes criminal penalties for any activity involved in placing, receiving or otherwise transmitting a bet or wager shall not apply to any bet or wager that is permissible under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink