Internet Gambling Study Act
Latest action · Jul 28, 2008 Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 3, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Internet Gambling Study Act - Requires the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of Internet gambling, including the existing legal framework that governs such activities and transactions and the impact of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on Internet gambling in the United States.
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 3, 2007 to Jun 4, 2008; 60 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | May 10, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jun 4, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2007Discharged Jul 28, 2008 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2008Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
- Jun 4, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- May 3, 2007Introduced in House
- May 3, 2007Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences to identify the proper response of the United States to the growth of Internet gambling.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Internet Gambling Study Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 3, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
