938 Seizure and forfeiture.
Exception.
68A Stat. 163. 26 USC 5 0 1.
PUBLIC LAW 91-452-OCT. 15, 1970
[84 STAT.
" (d) Any property, including money, used in violation of the provisions of this section may be seized and forfeited to the United States. All provisions of law relating to the seizure, summary, and judicial forfeiture procedures, and condemnation of vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage for violation of the customs laws; the disposition of such vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage or the proceeds from such sale; the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures; and the compromise of claims and the award of comjjensation to informer^ in respect of such forfeitures shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred or alleged to have been incurred under the provisions of this section, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with such provisions. Such duties as are imposed upon the collector of customs or any other person in respect to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage under the customs laws shall be performed with respect to seizures and forfeitures of property used or intended for use in violation of this section by such officers, agents, or other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the Attorney General. "(e) This section shall not apply to any bingo game, lottery, or similar game of chance conducted by an organization exempt from tax under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, if no part of the gross receipts derived from such activity inures to the benefit of any private shareholder, member, or employee of such organization except as compensation for actual expenses incurred by him in the conduct of such activity." (b) The analysis of chapter 95, title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: '•1955. Prohibition of illegal gambling businesses." PART D—COMMISSION To EEVIEW NATIONAL POLICY TOWARD GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT
Members, appointments.
Quorum.
SEC. 804. (a) There is hereby established two years after the effective date of this Act a Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling. (b) The Commission shall be composed of fifteen members appointed as follows: (1) four appointed by the President of the Senate from Members of the Senate, of whom two shall be members of the majority party, and two shall be members of the minority party; (2) four appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from Members of the House of Representatives, of whom two shall be members of the majority party, and two shall be members of the minority party; and (3) seven appointed by the President of the United States from persons specially qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the Commission, none of whom shall be officers of the executive branch of the Government. (c) The President of the United States shall designate a Chairman from among the members of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. (d) Eight members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
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