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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 6453 (Introduced in House) — To clarify the effect of a Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, dated September... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Memorandum not to have force and effect of law

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The Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, dated September 20, 2011, and pertaining to the lawfulness of proposals by Illinois and New York to use the Internet and out-of-state transaction processors to sell lottery tickets to in-state adults (including the applicability of the Wire Act ( 18 U.S.C. 1084 ) and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act ( 31 U.S.C. 5361–5367 ) to such proposal), does not carry the force of law and shall have no force and effect for purposes of interpreting or applying section 5362(a)(10) of title 31, United States Code.
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