[House Report 109-551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     109-551

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4411, UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING 
                        ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2006

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   July 10, 2006.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Gingrey, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 907]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 907, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 4411, 
the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, under a 
structured rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in the 
House equally divided among and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services 
and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill.
    The rule provides that, in lieu of the amendments 
recommended by the Committees on Financial Services and the 
Judiciary now printed in the bill, the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute depicted in the Rules Committee Print dated 
July 5, 2006, shall be considered as adopted. The rule makes in 
order the amendment printed in this report, if offered by 
Representative Berkley of Nevada or her designee, which shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent 
and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 
rule waives all points of order against the amendment printed 
in this report.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The Committee on Rules is not aware of any points of order 
against consideration of the bill or the amendment printed in 
this report. The waivers of all points of order are 
prophylactic in nature.

                   SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

    Berkley (NV)/Wexler (FL)/Conyers (MI): Eliminates the 
exceptions to the bill's general prohibition against online 
gambling, thereby establishing a complete ban on all internet 
gambling-related activities. (20 minutes)

             TEXT OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

  Page 13, strike line 12 and all that follows through line 18 
on page 15.
  Redesignate succeeding subsections accordingly.
  Page 21, strike lines 21 through 23.
  Redesignate succeeding subsections accordingly.
  Strike section 106.

                                  
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