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      "id": 103581,
      "date": "2002-10-08",
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      "title": "Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 107th Congress",
      "summary": "The Internet gambling bill passed by the House on October 1, 2002 ( H.R. 556 )(Reps.\nLeach & LaFalce), 148  Cong.Rec.  H6848, outlaws the acceptance of credit cards,\nchecks, electronic\ntransfers, and the like for purposes of illegal Internet gambling. An amended version of the language\napproved by the Financial Services Committee and earlier endorsed by the Committee in\n H.R. 3004 , it enlarges the coverage of the Wire Act to reach gambling-related\ntransmissions by satellite or microwave. It also creates a system of regulation and immunities to\nensure the enforcement assistance of financial institutions and Internet service providers. In related\nlegislation, a Senate bill,  S. 718  (Sen. McCain), reported out by the Senate Commerce,\nScience and Transportation Committee includes provisions on athletic abuse of\nperformance-enhancing drugs and on sports gambling. Another Senate bill,  S. 3006 \n(Sen. Johnson), and a proposal approved by the House Judiciary Committee,  H.R. 3215 \n(Rep. Goodlatte), rewrite the Wire Act to confirm its prohibition of illegal Internet gambling. A final\noffering,  H.R. 2579  (Rep. LaFalce), applies funding proscriptions to both legal and\nillegal Internet gambling operations (the other bills only apply to funding related to illegal Internet\ngambling).\n  Related CRS products include  CRS Report RS20880(pdf) ,  Sports Legislation in the 107th\n Congress ;\n CRS Report 97-619(pdf) ,  Internet Gambling: Overview of Federal Criminal Law ; and  CRS Report RS20485(pdf) ,  Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 106th Congress .",
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