(Sec. 4) Directs the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report on the study, including recommendations for: (1) Federal and State legislative actions, administrative or private sector actions, and actions by colleges, universities, and the NCAA to address the issue; and (2) intensive educational campaigns by the NCAA to assist in the effort to prevent illegal gambling on college sports.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2050 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2050
To establish a panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports
and to recommend effective countermeasures to combat this serious
national problem.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 9, 2000
Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. Baucus)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To establish a panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports
and to recommend effective countermeasures to combat this serious
national problem.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combatting Illegal College and
University Gambling Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) illegal gambling on college sports is a serious
national problem;
(2) illegal gambling by college students and other underage
persons, particularly on sports, is a serious national problem
that warrants effective national countermeasures to combat it;
(3) recent scientific reports suggest a very high incidence
of illegal gambling among college students, on college sporting
events;
(4) illegal student bookies are present at every collegiate
institution;
(5) there is evidence that illegal sports gambling,
including that conducted on college and university campuses
through illegal student bookies, is linked to organized crime
and is a major source of revenue for organized crime
operations;
(6) the FBI estimates that close to $2,500,000,000 is
wagered illegally on the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament each year;
(7) in Nevada, the only State where such sports betting is
legal, the 1998 National Collegiate Athletic Association
Division I Men's Basketball Tournament saw approximately
$80,000,000 wagered with Nevada's regulated sports books, or
only three percent of that wagered illegally elsewhere;
(8) there are no comprehensive studies available that
analyze the prevalence of illegal gambling on college sports;
(9) the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC)
(as authorized under Public Law 104-169) was expressly limited
by its statutory charter to a study of legal gambling but did
recommend that the role of illegal sports gambling be examined
in future gambling related research including research by
agencies of the Department of Justice;
(10) the issue of illegal gambling on college sports is
still largely overlooked by college administrators;
(11) there needs to be comprehensive gambling education
programs conducted on each campus that target all students as
recommended by the NGISC;
(12) illegal gambling on college sports will continue to
flourish throughout the United States unless a strong effort is
made to enforce State and Federal laws prohibiting such
activity;
(13) in order to combat illegal gambling on college sports
in this country, law enforcement must ensure that compliance
with Federal and State laws is a high priority; and
(14) absent meaningful countermeasures, including
implementation of more effective student awareness and
education campaigns, illegal gambling on college sports will
continue to be a problem on college and university campuses
across the United States.
SEC. 3. STUDY OF GAMBLING ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES.
(a) Establishment of Panel.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a panel,
which shall be composed of Federal, State, and local government law
enforcement officials, to conduct a study of illegal college sports
gambling.
(b) Contents of Study.--The study conducted by the panel
established under subsection (a) shall include an analysis of--
(1) the scope and prevalence of illegal college sports
gambling, including unlawful sports gambling (as defined in
section 3702 of title 28, United States Code);
(2) the role of organized crime in illegal gambling on
college sports;
(3) the role of State regulators and the legal sports books
in Nevada in assisting law enforcement to uncover illegal
sports gambling and related illegal activities;
(4) the enforcement and implementation of the Professional
and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, including whether it
has been adequately enforced;
(5) the effectiveness of steps taken by institutions of
higher education to date, whether individually or through
national organizations, to reduce the problem of illegal
gambling on college sports;
(6) the factors that influence the attitudes or levels of
awareness of administrators, professors, and students,
including student athletes, about illegal gambling on college
sports;
(7) the effectiveness of new countermeasures to reduce
illegal gambling on college sports, including related
requirements for institutions of higher education and persons
receiving Federal education funds;
(8) potential actions that could be taken by the National
Collegiate Athletic Association to address illegal gambling on
college and university campuses; and
(9) other matters relevant to the issue of illegal gambling
on college sports as determined by the Attorney General.
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 12 months after the establishment of the panel, the
Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on the study
conducted under section 3, which shall include--
(1) recommendations for actions colleges, universities, and
the National Collegiate Athletic Association should implement
to address the issue of illegal gambling on college sports;
(2) recommendations for intensive educational campaigns
which the National Collegiate Athletic Association could
implement to assist in the effort to prevent illegal gambling
on college sports;
(3) recommendations for any Federal and State legislative
actions to address the issue of illegal gambling on college
sports; and
(4) recommendations for any administrative or private
sector actions to address the issue of illegal gambling on
college sports.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S550-551)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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