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S 1784 108th Congress Senate

Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to eliminate the safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Introduced: April 26, 2004 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement CommerceDrug abuseDrug law enforcementDrug traffic
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Oct 4, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 763.
Oct 4, 2004
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
Oct 4, 2004
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 23, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13147)
Oct 23, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13146-13147)
Oct 23, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 4, 2004

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 763.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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.)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3789 Identical bill Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2004
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 26, 2004
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Oct 23, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1784: Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1784/
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"S. 1784: Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1784/.
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S. 1784, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1784/.
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