119 S3148 IS: Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act U.S. Senate 2025-11-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3148 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 6, 2025 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act or the END Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act.

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Destruction of adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import

(a)

In general

Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended— (1) in the fourth sentence, by striking or counterfeit device and inserting , counterfeit device, or counterfeit tobacco product (as defined in section 900); and (2) by striking drug or device each place it appears in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences and inserting drug, device, or tobacco product. (b)

Applicability

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.