[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 784 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 784

To amend title 28 of the United States Code to exclude the State of New 
Jersey from the prohibition on professional and amateur sports gambling 
        to the extent approved by the legislature of the State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2017

  Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. LoBiondo) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 28 of the United States Code to exclude the State of New 
Jersey from the prohibition on professional and amateur sports gambling 
        to the extent approved by the legislature of the State.

    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 ``New Jersey Betting and Equal 
Treatment Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FROM THE PROHIBITION ON 
              AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS GAMBLING TO THE EXTENT 
              APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE.

    Section 3704(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, 
        or waging scheme operating exclusively in the State of New 
        Jersey, to the extent such scheme is approved by the 
        legislature of the State by statute.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by this Act apply to conduct occurring on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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