The Reed Amendment was sponsored by

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...

James A. Reed (D) of

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and passed March 3, 1913, it added to the toothless Webb–Kenyon Act of 1913 by imposing a fine of $1,000 for transporting liquor into a

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with no greater effect.

References

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