[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 126 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2634. Ms. AYOTTE (for Mr. Graham) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by Ms. Ayotte to the bill S. 754, to improve 
cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of 
information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RESTORATION OF AMERICA'S WIRE ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Restoration of America's Wire Act''.
       (b) Wire Act Clarification.--Section 1084 of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``bets or wagers or information assisting 
     in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or 
     contest,'' and inserting ``any bet or wager, or information 
     assisting in the placing of any bet or wager,'';
       (B) by striking ``result of bets or wagers'' and inserting 
     ``result of any bet or wager''; and
       (C) by striking ``or for information assisting in the 
     placing of bets or wagers,''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
       ``(e) As used in this section--
       ``(1) the term `bet or wager' does not include any 
     activities set forth in section 5362(1)(E) of title 31;
       ``(2) the term `State' means a State of the United States, 
     the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or 
     a commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
     States;
       ``(3) the term `uses a wire communication facility for the 
     transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of any bet or 
     wager' includes any transmission over the Internet carried 
     interstate or in foreign commerce, incidentally or otherwise; 
     and
       ``(4) the term `wire communication' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
     U.S.C. 153).''.
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section, or the 
     amendments made by this section, shall be construed--
       (1) to preempt any State law prohibiting gambling; or
       (2) to alter, limit, or extend--
       (A) the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act 
     of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) and other Federal laws in 
     effect on the date of enactment of this Act;
       (B) the ability of a State licensed lottery (including in 
     conjunction with its supplier) or State licensed retailer to 
     make on-premises retail lottery sales, including through a 
     self-service retail lottery terminal, or to transmit 
     information ancillary to such sales (including information 
     relating to subscriptions or fulfillment of game play), in 
     accordance with applicable Federal and State laws;
       (C) the ability of a State licensed gaming establishment or 
     a tribal gaming establishment to transmit information 
     assisting in the placing of a bet or wager on the physical 
     premises of the establishment, in accordance with applicable 
     Federal and State laws; or
       (D) the relationship between Federal laws and State 
     charitable gaming laws.
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