,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ac1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,pallone 7for himself and ,mr4     
,lo,biondo7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #bh of the ,united      
,states ,code to exclude the ,state of  
,new ,jersey from the prohibition on    
professional and amateur sports gambling
 to the extent approved by the          
legislature of the ,state4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,new ,jersey ,betting and ,equal        
,treatment ,act of #bjac4  #b4          
,exclusion of the ,state of ,new ,jersey
 from the prohibition on amateur and    
professional sports gambling to the     
extent approved by the legislature of   
the ,state ,section #cgjd7;a7 of title  
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 in paragraph 7#c77;,b71 by       
striking or at the end2  7#b7 in        
paragraph 7#d71 by striking the period  

at the end and inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#e7 a lottery1 sweepstakes1 or other   
betting1 gambling1 or waging scheme     
operating exclusively in the ,state of  
,new ,jersey1 to the extent such scheme 
is approved by the legislature of the   
,state by statute4  4  #c4              
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
this ,act apply to conduct occurring on 
or after the date of the enactment of   
this ,act4