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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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The bill would require wagering and prediction market operators to verify users are over 18 using facial recognition technology.
Applies to wagering operators and prediction market platform operators
Requires commercial facial recognition to verify users are over 18
Enforcement delegated to the Federal Trade Commission
Amends Commodity Exchange Act with new event-contract rules and protections
If enacted, the bill would change how online wagering and prediction markets verify age, introduce FTC enforcement of biometrics-based verification, and impose new CFTC protections and oversight for event contracts, affecting operators' compliance, data handling, and platform offerings.
Wagering operators, prediction market platform operators, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be directly affected.
Introduced July 15, 2026, and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Energy and Commerce; no floor vote recorded in the source.
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