Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

13 March 2003

Last action

27 October 2003 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.

Summary

Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act - Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Office of Electronic Funding Oversight to coordinate Federal efforts to prohibit restricted transactions. Prohibits any person engaged in the business of betting or wagering from knowingly accepting in connection with another person's participation in Internet gambling: (1) credit; (2) electronic fund transfers or funds transmitted through money transmitting businesses; (3) any instrument drawn by or on behalf of another and payable through any financial institution; or (4) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction involving a financial institution as payer or financial intermediary on behalf of another person. Grants Federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction to prevent or restrain violations. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties. Limits relief granted against an interactive computer service. Specifies circumstances for the liability of any creditor, issuer, institution, operator, business, network, stored value product transaction, participant, or any interactive computer or telecommunications service. Calls for the United States, in deliberations with a foreign governments, to: (1) encourage cooperation in identifying whether Internet gambling operations are being used for money laundering or other crimes; (2) advance policies that promote international cooperation in enforcement; and (3) encourage the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering to study the extent to which Internet gambling operations are being used for money laundering purposes. Modifies Federal criminal code provisions on gambling to: (1) include satellite and microwave communications and communications from fixed or mobile sources; and (2) increase the penalty for unlawful transmission of wagering information.

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Timeline

13 March 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
13 March 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3745-3747)
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2003
Committee
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-317.
Source: Committee
31 July 2003
Reported
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
27 October 2003
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.
Source: Calendars
27 October 2003
Reported
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-173.
Source: Committee
27 October 2003
Reported
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-173.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/627
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/627
us · 108-s-627 · source updated 7 April 2025