GAMBLING

Analyses

Budgetary Impact of H.R. 308, Keep the Promise Act: Michael Solon, H8160 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions

Arizona: prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (see S. 152), S200 [13JA] (see H.R. 308), H357 [13JA]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe (see S. 817), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 3211), H5466 [23JY]

Government regulations: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see S. 1668), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 707), H810 [4FE]

Internet: establish a program for licensing of Internet poker by States and federally recognized Indian tribes (see H.R. 2888), H4768 [25JN]

Medicaid: clarify treatment of lottery winnings and other lump sum income for purposes of income eligibility (see H.R. 2339), H3212 [14MY]

New Jersey: exclude from prohibition on professional and amateur sports gambling to the extent approved by the State legislature (see H.R. 457), H480 [21JA]

Sports: deregulate interstate commerce relative to parimutuel wagering on horseracing (see S. 1174), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2182), H2769 [30AP]

——— improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing (see H.R. 2641), H3877 [3JN]

——— improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping program to be enforced by an independent Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority (see H.R. 3084), H5289 [16JY]

——— permit States to grant exemptions from certain laws for lotteries, sweepstakes, and other betting, gambling, or wagering schemes involving professional and amateur sports (see H.R. 416), H430 [20JA]

Taxation: exempt sports betting from the tax on authorized wagers (see H.R. 1108), H1368 [26FE]

——— repeal occupational tax on gambling on wagers authorized under State law (see H.R. 2854), H4591 [23JN]

Letters

Keep the Promise Act: several Arizona mayors, H8161 [16NO]

——— Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H8160 [16NO]

Quotations

Minutes from Tohono O’odham Nation meetings relative to acquisition of land for casinos, E709 [14MY]

Remarks in House

Arizona: prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (H.R. 308), H2971 [14MY], H8159–H8164 [16NO], E709 [14MY]

House of Representatives: tribute to Las Vegas, NV, Chamber of Commerce hosting of Las Vegas Night in the Cannon Caucus Room, H5862 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Boyd Gaming Corp.: anniversary, S829 [5FE]

Chandhuri, Jonodev O.: nomination to be National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman, S2234 [16AP]

——— nomination to be National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman, unanimous-consent agreement, S2223 [15AP]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe (S. 817), S1664 [19MR]

Reports filed

Keep the Promise Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 152) (S. Rept. 114–199), S8883 [18DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 308) (H. Rept. 114–95), H2652 [29AP]

Nomination of Jonodev O. Chaudhuri To Be National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S1780 [24MR]

Texts of

H.R. 308, Keep the Promise Act, H8159 [16NO]

S. 817, Dept. of the Interior addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe, S1666 [19MR]