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S. 1876 (98th)

A bill to allow advertising of any State sponsored lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme.

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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

  1. 22 September 1983

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 22 September 1983

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 September 1983

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.

    Source: Committee

  4. 16 November 1983

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-727.

    Source: Committee

  5. 6 June 1984

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably.

    Source: Committee

  6. 14 June 1984

    Reported

    Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

  7. 28 June 1984

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1033.

    Source: Calendars

  8. 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

  9. 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

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Documents

2 official files

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