[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1174 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1174

 To deregulate interstate commerce with respect to parimutuel wagering 
                on horseracing, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 30, 2015

   Mr. Udall 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 deregulate interstate commerce with respect to parimutuel wagering 
                on horseracing, 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 ``Teller All Gone Horseracing 
Deregulation Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; BACKGROUND.

    (a) In General.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Congress enacted the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 
        (Public Law 95-515; 15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) to regulate 
        interstate commerce with respect to parimutuel wagering on 
        horseracing in order to further the horseracing industry of the 
        United States.
            (2) In 2000, Congress amended such Act to allow parimutuel 
        wagering by telephone and over the Internet, a gambling 
        privilege no other sport enjoys.
            (3) The use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing 
        is widespread in the United States, where no uniform 
        regulations exist with respect to the use of, and testing for, 
        performance-enhancing drugs in interstate horseracing.
            (4) A 2012 New York Times investigation found that, on 
        average, every week 24 horses die racing, a high equine 
        fatality rate likely caused by the misuse of permitted 
        medication and abuse of illegal drugs.
            (5) A 2013 horseracing industry study found that a large 
        majority of parimutuel wagering participants avoid wagering at 
        certain tracks and when certain trainers compete because they 
        assume illegal drug use affects race results.
            (6) Total parimutuel wagering on Thoroughbred horseracing 
        in the United States declined 30 percent from 2002 to 2014.
            (7) The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 has not met its 
        original policy goal of furthering the United States 
        horseracing industry.
    (b) Background for Including the Name of a Racehorse in Short 
Title.--The purpose in providing the short title used in this Act is to 
honor horses who died while competing in races with interstate, off-
track wagering authorized under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978. 
Teller All Gone was an American Quarter Horse who last competed as a 
two-year old on September 3, 2011. A race observer noted that Teller 
All Gone bid, dueled, and lugged in before going wrong and falling 
after the finish line.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF INTERSTATE HORSERACING ACT OF 1978.

    (a) In General.--The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (Public Law 
95-515; 15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5362(10) of chapter 53 of title 
31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(iii)--
                    (A) by striking subclause (I); and
                    (B) by redesignating subclauses (II), (III), and 
                (IV) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively;
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(iv)--
                    (A) by striking subclause (I); and
                    (B) by redesignating subclauses (II), (III), and 
                (IV) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively;
            (3) by striking subparagraph (D); and
            (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D).
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