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[CITE: 15USC3001]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                   CHAPTER 57--INTERSTATE HORSERACING
 
Sec. 3001. Congressional findings and policy

    (a) The Congress finds that--
        (1) the States should have the primary responsibility for 
    determining what forms of gambling may legally take place within 
    their borders;
        (2) the Federal Government should prevent interference by one 
    State with the gambling policies of another, and should act to 
    protect identifiable national interests; and
        (3) in the limited area of interstate off-track wagering on 
    horseraces, there is a need for Federal action to ensure States will 
    continue to cooperate with one another in the acceptance of legal 
    interstate wagers.

    (b) It is the policy of the Congress in this chapter to regulate 
interstate commerce with respect to wagering on horseracing, in order to 
further the horseracing and legal off-track betting industries in the 
United States.

(Pub. L. 95-515, Sec. 2, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1811.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 9 of Pub. L. 95-515 provided that:
    ``(a) The provisions of this Act [this chapter] shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 25, 1978], and, except as 
provided in subsection (b) of this section, shall apply to any 
interstate off-track wager accepted on or after such date of enactment.
    ``(b)(1) The provisions of this Act [this chapter] shall not apply 
to any interstate off-track wager which is accepted pursuant to a 
contract existing on May 1, 1978.
    ``(2) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any form of 
legal non-parimutuel off-track betting existing in a State on May 1, 
1978.
    ``(3) The provisions of subsection (b) of section 5 of this Act 
[section 3004(b) of this title] shall not apply to any parimutuel off-
track betting system existing on May 1, 1978, in a State which does not 
conduct parimutuel horseracing on the date of enactment of this Act 
[Oct. 25, 1978].''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 95-515 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
chapter] may be cited as the `Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978'.''
