Text of the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act":
http://www.house.gov/financialservices/101101tc.htm
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http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47518,00.html
Terror Bill Limits Gambling, Too
By Declan McCullagh (declan_at_wired.com)
2:00 a.m. Oct. 12, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden is not, according to news reports, a
terribly big fan of Western vices.
Nor has there been any reliable confirmation that last month's
suicide-hijackers, who completed the bloodiest terrorist attack in
American history, were habitual gamblers.
But that didn't stop the House Financial Services committee from
voting 62-1 on Thursday for an "anti-terrorism" bill that limits
Internet gambling.
In the words of Rep. Marge Roukema (R-New Jersey): "We've heard
testimony from the FBI, the Department of Justice, and law enforcement
that there is a clean nexus, a connection, between Internet gambling
and money laundering of terrorism activities."
The measure has been dubbed the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act" (PDF),
and it prohibits financial institutions from accepting credit cards,
electronic transfers and checks used in online gambling. Another part
of the 121-page bill gives the Customs Service more power to inspect
packages sent through the mail.
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