If you check the Thomas.loc.gov website (which is the official government site for tracking bills) you will find that the legislative history of the bill is simple:
It was introduced into both houses of Congress on 1/7/2003 by Senator Hollings (SC) and Rep. Charles Rangel (NY-15). Five representatives immediately co-sponsored it. Three weeks later, eight more representatives co-sponsored it.
So only 15 members of congress have formally endorsed it, and only one of those is a senator.
In both Houses it was immediately referred to their respective Armed Services Committee on 7 January 2003.
In the Senate nothing further has happened.
In the House, it got referred to a subcommittee on February 3, 2003, which asked for comment from the Department of Defence.
And that is the last to have happened to it in over a year.
I don't think anything is going to happen to it more. Everything that has happened so far appears to be "bill dies in committee" type stuff.
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It was introduced into both houses of Congress on 1/7/2003 by Senator Hollings (SC) and Rep. Charles Rangel (NY-15). Five representatives immediately co-sponsored it. Three weeks later, eight more representatives co-sponsored it.
So only 15 members of congress have formally endorsed it, and only one of those is a senator.
In both Houses it was immediately referred to their respective Armed Services Committee on 7 January 2003.
In the Senate nothing further has happened.
In the House, it got referred to a subcommittee on February 3, 2003, which asked for comment from the Department of Defence.
And that is the last to have happened to it in over a year.
I don't think anything is going to happen to it more. Everything that has happened so far appears to be "bill dies in committee" type stuff.