Legislative History
The bill was sponsored by Senator Joseph Biden, along with cosponsors Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Joseph Lieberman, Strom Thurmond, Patrick Leahy and Richard Durbin. The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 18, 2002. June 27, 2002 it was reported out of the committee without written comment or amendment and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar. On October 10, 2002, Senator Biden provided introductory remarks on the bill before the Senate.
This bill was introduced to the Senate again on January 7, 2003 by Senator Thomas Daschle with co-sponsors; Senator Joseph Biden Jr., Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Senator Jon Corzine, Senator Mark Dayton Senator Richard Durbin, Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Patty Murray, Senator Jack Reed, Senator Charles Schumer . This bill also failed to pass.
On Thursday (April 10, 2003) the Senate and House passed the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act (formerly known as the RAVE Act) as an attachment to the child abduction-related AMBER Alert Bill. The language of the original act was changed slightly before the bill was passed without public hearing, debate or a vote.
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