[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3376 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3376

To ensure the integrity of laws enacted to prevent the use of financial 
instruments for funding or operating online casinos are not undermined 
   by legal opinions not carrying the force of law issued by Federal 
                          Government lawyers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2016

   Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Graham) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure the integrity of laws enacted to prevent the use of financial 
instruments for funding or operating online casinos are not undermined 
   by legal opinions not carrying the force of law issued by Federal 
                          Government lawyers.

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

SECTION 1. REAFFIRMATION OF PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF UNLAWFUL INTERNET 
              GAMBLING.

    The Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, dated September 20, 
2011, shall have no force or effect for the purposes of interpreting 
section 5362(10) of title 31, United States Code.
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