clarifications of, and limitations on, gambling devices prohibitionsCommerce and trade.

clarifications of, and limitations on, gambling devices prohibitions Sec. 202. (a) Transport to a Place in a State, Etc.—Section 2 of the Act of January 2, 1951 (15 U.S.C. 1172; commonly referred to as the “Johnson Act”), is amended— (1) by inserting before the first paragraph the following: “(a) General Rule.—”; (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated) by striking “, District of Columbia,”; (3) by inserting before the second paragraph the following: “(b) Authority of Federal Trade Commission.—”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(c) Exception.—This section does not prohibit the transport of a gambling device to a place in a State or a possession of the United States on a vessel on a voyage, if— “(1) use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage is, by reason of subsection (b) of section 5, not a violation of that section; and “(2) the gambling device remains on board that vessel while in that State.”. (b) Repair, Other Transport, Etc.—Section 5 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 1175) is amended— (1) by inserting before “It shall be unlawful” the following: “(a) General Rule.—”; (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, including on a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, or documented under the laws of a foreign country”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(b) Exception.— “(1) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section does not prohibit— “(A) the repair, transport, possession, or use of a gambling device on a vessel that is not within the boundaries of any State or possession of the United States; or “(B) the transport or possession, on a voyage, of a gambling device on a vessel that is within the boundaries of any State or possession of the United States, if— 106 STAT. 62 “(i) use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage is, by reason of subparagraph (A), not a violation of this section; and “(ii) the gambling device remains on board that vessel while the vessel is within the boundaries of that State or possession. “(2) Application to certain voyages.— “(A) General rule.—Paragraph (1)(A) does not apply to the repair or use of a gambling device on a vessel that is on a voyage or segment of a voyage described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph if the State or possession of the United States in which the voyage or segment begins and ends has enacted a statute the terms of which prohibit that repair or use on that voyage or segment. “(B) Voyage and segment described.—A voyage or segment of a voyage referred to in subparagraph (A) is a voyage or segment, respectively— “(i) that begins and ends in the same State or possession of the United States, and “(ii) during which the vessel does not make an intervening stop within the boundaries of another State or possession of the United States or a foreign country.”. (c) Boundaries Defined.—The first section of that Act (15 U.S.C. 1171) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(f) The term ‘boundaries’ has the same meaning given that term in section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act.”.