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[CITE: 49USC41311]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                     subpart ii--economic regulation
 
                 CHAPTER 413--FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 41311. Gambling restrictions

    (a) In General.--An air carrier or foreign air carrier may not 
install, transport, or operate, or permit the use of, any gambling 
device on board an aircraft in foreign air transportation.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``gambling device'' means 
any machine or mechanical device (including gambling applications on 
electronic interactive video systems installed on board aircraft for 
passenger use)--
        (1) which when operated may deliver, as the result of the 
    application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
        (2) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to 
    receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, 
    any money or property.

(Added Pub. L. 103-305, title II, Sec. 205(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1583.)


                Study of Gambling on Commercial Aircraft

    Section 205(b) of Pub. L. 103-305 provided that: ``Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 23, 1994], the 
Secretary shall complete a study of--
        ``(1) the aviation safety effects of gambling applications on 
    electronic interactive video systems installed on board aircraft for 
    passenger use, including an evaluation of the effect of such systems 
    on the navigational and other electronic equipment of the aircraft, 
    on the passengers and crew of the aircraft, and on issues relating 
    to the method of payment;
        ``(2) the competitive implications of permitting foreign air 
    carriers only, but not United States air carriers, to install, 
    transport, and operate gambling applications on electronic 
    interactive video systems on board aircraft in the foreign commerce 
    of the United States on flights over international waters, or in 
    fifth freedom city-pair markets; and
        ``(3) whether gambling should be allowed on international 
    flights, including proposed legislation to effectuate any 
    recommended changes in existing law.
The Secretary shall, within 5 days after the completion of the study, 
submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation [now Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure] of 
the House of Representatives on the results of the study.''
