Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003
Latest action · Oct 4, 2004 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 763.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 23, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003 (sic) - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the exemption as a "regulated transaction" for any sale of ordinary over-the-counter pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine products (including blister packs) by retail distributors. (Currently a nine-gram limit is in effect for any single individual buying pseudoephedrine sold in bottles but there is no limit for blister packs.)
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 23, 2003 to Oct 6, 2004; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Oct 23, 2003 |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | Oct 23, 2003 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Oct 23, 2003 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Oct 23, 2003 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Oct 23, 2003 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Feb 2, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Apr 26, 2004 | |
| R-MO | Jim Talent | Oct 4, 2004 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Oct 6, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2003Markup Oct 4, 2004Reported Oct 5, 2004 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2004Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Oct 4, 2004Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
- Oct 4, 2004Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 763.
- Oct 23, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Oct 23, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13146-13147)
- Oct 23, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13147)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13146, S13147Text printed S13147 | Chuck Grassley R-IA, Dianne Feinstein D-CA (text) | Oct 23, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 15, 2004S. 1784, Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 4, 2004</p>
- Nov 15, 2004S. 1784, Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 4, 2004
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3789 | Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2004 | Identical bill | Mar 1, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to eliminate the safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2004Reported to Senate
- Oct 23, 2003Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.