3.0.0 1668 2023-01-11T13:30:38Z 2023-01-11T13:30:38Z Senate S 2015-06-24 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-24T22:54:19Z Restoration of America's Wire Act 114 707 HR 2015-03-25 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2015-06-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-06-24 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2015-06-24 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-06-24 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-06-24 True C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2015-06-24 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2015-06-24 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2015-09-10 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2015-12-03 False Crime and Law Enforcement Gambling Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-07T21:59:42Z Restoration of America's Wire Act

Amends provisions of the federal criminal code, commonly known as the Wire Act, to provide that the prohibition against using a wire communication facility for the transmission of bets or wagers, wagering information, or wagering proceeds shall: (1) apply to any bet or wager (currently, to bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest); and (2) include any transmission over the Internet carried interstate or in foreign commerce.

States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt any state law prohibiting gambling or to alter, limit, or extend: (1) the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 and other federal laws currently in effect, (2) the ability of a state licensed lottery or state licensed retailer to make on-premises retail lottery sales or to transmit information ancillary to such sales, (3) the ability of a state licensed gaming establishment or a tribal gaming establishment to transmit information assisting in the placing of a bet or water on the physical premises of the establishment, or (4) the relationship between federal laws and state charitable gaming laws.

]]> Restoration of America's Wire Act Display Title Restoration of America's Wire Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to restore long-standing United States policy that the Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Restoration of America's Wire Act Introduced in Senate 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1668is/xml/BILLS-114s1668is.xml 2015-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.