[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 4497 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4497

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Defense to prohibit the use of gambling devices on Department of 
                           Defense property.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2007

   Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Shadegg, and Mr. 
   Shuler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Defense to prohibit the use of gambling devices on Department of 
                           Defense property.

    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 ``Warrant Officer Aaron Walsh Stop 
DOD-Sponsored Gambling Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECTING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF GAMBLING 
              DEVICES ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPERTY.

    (a) Prohibition of Use of Gambling Devices.--Chapter 159 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2683 the 
following new section:
``Sec. 2683a. Prohibition of use of gambling devices
    ``(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense shall prohibit the use 
of gambling devices on property under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Defense, except as provided in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Exception for Charitable Events and State Lotteries.--
            ``(1) Charitable events.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        prescribe regulations to allow for a waiver of subsection (a) 
        for a limited number of temporary events involving gambling 
        devices for which the proceeds are donated to an organization 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986.
            ``(2) State lotteries.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
        the sale of State-sponsored lottery tickets on property under 
        the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense if such property 
        is located in a State where such sale is legal.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `gambling device' includes--
                    ``(A) any so-called `slot machine' or any other 
                machine or mechanical device an essential part of which 
                is a drum or reel with insignia thereon, and--
                            ``(i) which when operated may deliver, as 
                        the result of the application of an element of 
                        chance, any money or property, or
                            ``(ii) by the operation of which a person 
                        may become entitled to receive, as the result 
                        of the application of an element of chance, any 
                        money or property;
                    ``(B) any other machine or mechanical device 
                (including electronic gambling devices, video gambling 
                devices, roulette wheels, and similar devices) designed 
                and manufactured primarily for use in connection with 
                gambling, and--
                            ``(i) which when operated may deliver, as 
                        the result of the application of an element of 
                        chance, any money or property, or
                            ``(ii) by the operation of which a person 
                        may become entitled to receive, as the result 
                        of the application of an element of chance, any 
                        money or property; or
                    ``(C) any subassembly or essential part intended to 
                be used in connection with any such machine or 
                mechanical device, but which is not attached to any 
                such machine or mechanical device as a constituent 
                part.
            ``(2) The term `property under the jurisdiction of the 
        Department of Defense' includes commissaries, all facilities 
        operated by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Navy 
        Exchange Service Command, the Navy Resale and Services Support 
        Office, Marine Corps exchanges, and ships' stores.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 159 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
related to section 2683 the following new item:

``2683a. Prohibition of the use of gambling devices.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The prohibition in section 2683a(a) of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect 
not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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