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H.R. 2143: Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act

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H.R. 2143: Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-05-19 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-05-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 254 (2003): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2143 (2003-06-10), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act

Plain summary

Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act - Directs Federal functional regulators, within six months of this Act's enactment, to prescribe regulations requiring any designated payment system to establish policies and procedures reasonably designed to: (1) identify restricted transactions by means of code in authorization messages or other means and to block such transactions; and (2) prevent the acceptance of the products or services of the payment system in connection with a restricted transaction. Defines a "restricted transaction" as any transaction or transmittal to anyone engaged in the business of betting or wagering in connection with another person's participation in unlawful Internet gambling of credit, electronic fund transfers, checks, or the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction as regulators may prescribe. Requires such regulators and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce such regulations (under applicable law in the manner provided under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) after considering specified factors concerning the extent of the violation, the history of compliance, and the feasibility and burden of implementing a remedy. Requires regulators to consider exempting restricted transactions if the regulators find that it is not reasonably practical to identify and block, or otherwise prevent, such transactions. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be construed as affecting any law relating to, affecting, or regulating gambling within the United States.

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Official text

Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2143, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act (2003-05-22); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2143, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act (2003-05-22)

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr2143 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108