Skill Game Protection Act
Latest action · Jul 16, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedJun 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Skill Game Protection Act - Amends federal criminal law to exempt from the prohibition against transmission of wagering information the operation or participation in poker, chess, bridge, mahjong or any other game where success is predominantly determined by a player's skill, to the extent that: (1) the game provides for competition only between and among participants, and not against the person operating the game; and (2) the operator is in compliance with federal regulations governing games of skill.
Amends federal law governing monetary transactions to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations requiring each person who operates a game of skill on the Internet to maintain specified safeguards, including: (1) that the individual participant depositing funds is 18 years of age or older; (2) that the individual participant is physically located in a jurisdiction that does not bar participation in the particular Internet games of skill in which the individual participates; and (3) that all taxes relating to Internet games of skill due to federal and state governments and to Indian tribes from individual participants are collected at the time of any payment of any proceeds of Internet games of skill.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2007 to May 20, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 25, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 27, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Dec 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 20, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2007 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2007 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jul 16, 2007 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2007 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jun 7, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jun 7, 2007Introduced in House
- Jun 7, 2007Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
- Jun 7, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-116 | ESTABLISHING CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ONLINE WAGERS127 pages | Judiciary Committee | Nov 14, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and section 1084 of title 18 of such Code to clarify the applicability of such provisions to games of skill, and establish certain requirements with respect to such games, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Skill Game Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Administrative procedure
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collection of accounts
- Computer security measures
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of the Treasury
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Government Operations and Politics
- Income tax
- Internet
- Law
- Local laws
- Local taxation
- Minorities
- Minors
- Money laundering
- Native Americans
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sports and Recreation
- State laws
- State taxation
- Tax administration
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 7, 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.
