3.0.0 1965 2022-11-01T13:50:55Z 2022-11-01T13:50:55Z Senate S 2019-06-25 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-25T19:45:49Z Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act 116 1642 HR 2019-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-25 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-06-25 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2019-09-09 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-10-30 False International Affairs Agricultural trade Congressional oversight Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Foreign aid and international relief Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Military assistance, sales, and agreements Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Sanctions Smuggling and trafficking International Affairs 00 2019-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-05T16:14:46Z Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act

This bill directs the Department of State to take various actions to combat the illicit tobacco trade.

The State Department shall determine whether each foreign country is a major source, point of transit, or consumer of illicit tobacco products or their precursors. If a country meets this criteria and its government is actively engaging in or knowingly profiting from the illicit tobacco trade, it shall be designated as a country of concern. If a country meets this criteria but its government is not implicated in the illicit tobacco trade, it shall be designated as a focus country.

The State Department may provide focus countries with law-enforcement training and assistance to build customs and border-security capacity. The State Department may not provide development assistance or security assistance to countries of concern, with an exception for U.S. national security interests.

The President may impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who are responsible for or have materially assisted in the illicit tobacco trade. The President shall annually report to Congress as to sanctions imposed under this bill.

]]> Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act Display Title Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize actions with respect to foreign countries engaged in illicit trade in tobacco products or their precursors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1965is/xml/BILLS-116s1965is.xml 2019-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.