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Proposed Legislation: Issues Related to Honesty in Sweepstakes Act of 1998 (S. 2141)

T-GGD-98-198 Published: Sep 01, 1998. Publicly Released: Sep 01, 1998.
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GAO discussed the issues related to the Honesty in Sweepstakes Act of 1998, introduced on June 5, 1998, by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, focusing on: (1) the extent and nature of problems that consumers may have experienced with various sweepstakes mailings; and (2) information related to the mailing of documents that resembled cashier's checks, which are not the negotiable instruments that they appear to be.

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