[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 138 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 138

 To amend the Act commonly referred to as the ``Johnson Act'' to limit 
    the authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Act commonly referred to as the ``Johnson Act'' to limit 
    the authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF STATES TO REGULATE GAMBLING 
              DEVICES ON VESSELS.

    Subsection (b)(2) of section 5 of the Act of January 2, 1951 
(commonly referred to as the ``Johnson Act'') (64 Stat. 1135, chapter 
1194; 15 U.S.C. 1175), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Exclusion of certain voyages and segments.--
                Except for a voyage or segment of a voyage that occurs 
                within the boundaries of the State of Hawaii, a voyage 
                or segment of a voyage is not described in subparagraph 
                (B) if such voyage or segment includes or consists of a 
                segment--
                            ``(i) that begins and ends in the same 
                        State;
                            ``(ii) that is part of a voyage to another 
                        State or to a foreign country; and
                            ``(iii) in which the vessel reaches the 
                        other State or foreign country within 3 days 
                        after leaving the State in which such segment 
                        begins.''.
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