United States · Bill · S
S. 1876 (98th)
A bill to allow advertising of any State sponsored lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme.
Introduced
22 September 1983
Last action
28 June 1984 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1033.
Sponsors
Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV], Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to allow for the advertising, transporting, mailing, or broadcasting between States of materials and information concerning State-conducted or authorized lotteries.
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Timeline
22 September 1983
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
22 September 1983
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
28 September 1983
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Source: Committee
16 November 1983
Committee
Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-727.
Source: Committee
6 June 1984
Committee
Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
14 June 1984
Reported
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
28 June 1984
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1033.
Source: Calendars
28 June 1984
Reported
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with amendments. With written report No. 98-537. Additional views filed.
Source: Committee
28 June 1984
Reported
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with amendments. With written report No. 98-537. Additional views filed.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
2 official files
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 28 June 1984
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 September 1983
Sponsors
- Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/1876
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/s/1876
- us · 98-s-1876 · source updated 10 August 2026