[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4705 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4705

To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require the consent 
 of certain horsemen's groups for interstate off-track wagers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2002

 Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require the consent 
 of certain horsemen's groups for interstate off-track wagers, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Live Horseracing Protection Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. CONSENT OF CERTAIN HORSEMEN'S GROUPS FOR OFF-TRACK WAGERS ON 
              INTERSTATE HORSERACING.

    The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is 
amended as follows:
            (1) Section 3 (15 U.S.C. 3002) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (12), by inserting ``host'' before 
                ``horsemen's'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (22) 
                as paragraphs (14) through (23), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(13) `off-track horsemen's group' means the breed-
        specific group representing the majority of owners and trainers 
        in an off-track State that corresponds to the breed of horse in 
        the races subject to the interstate off-track wager on any 
        racing day;'';
                    (D) in paragraph (22) (as redesignated by 
                subsection (B) of this paragraph), by adding at the end 
                ``and''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (23) (as redesignated by 
                subsection (B) of this paragraph), by striking ``the 
                horsemen's group'' and inserting ``the host horsemen's 
                group or the off-track horsemen's group''.
            (2) Section 5(a) (15 U.S.C. 3004(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``the 
                horsemen's group'' and inserting ``the host horsemen's 
                group or the off-track horsemen's group'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) the off-track horsemen's group.''.
            (3) Sections 6 (15 U.S.C. 3005) is amended by striking 
        ``and the horsemen's group'' each place such term appears and 
        inserting ``, the host horsemen's group, and the off-track 
        horsemen's group''.
            (4) Section 7 (15 U.S.C. 3006) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``or the 
                horsemen's group'' and inserting ``the host horsemen's 
                group, or the off-track horsemen's group''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``and horsemen's 
                group'' and inserting ``, the host horsemen's group, 
                and the off-track horsemen's group''.
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