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The CBDTPA was proposed by South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC). Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , had stated that he could "not support" the proposed legislation and as chairman intended to block consideration of the controversial bill in his Committee . This essentially killed the bill in 2002 . Proposed penalties for violating the CBDTPA ranged from five to twenty years in Prison and fines between $50,000 to $1 million. Other U.S. senators named as sponsors of the controversial CBDTPA bill include:
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