[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 881 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 881

               To prohibit smoking in Federal buildings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1993

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
               To prohibit smoking in Federal buildings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ban on Smoking in Federal Buildings 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) environmental tobacco smoke is a cause of lung cancer 
        in healthy nonsmokers and is responsible for acute and chronic 
        respiratory problems and other health impacts among sensitive 
        populations;
            (2) environmental tobacco smoke comes from secondhand smoke 
        exhaled by smokers and sidestream smoke emitted from the 
        burning of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes;
            (3) citizens of the United States spend up to 90 percent of 
        a day indoors and, consequently, there is a significant 
        potential for exposure to environmental tobacco smoke from 
        indoor air;
            (4) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke occurs in 
        public buildings and other indoor facilities; and
            (5) the health risks posed by environmental tobacco smoke 
        exceed the risks posed by many environmental pollutants 
        regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

SEC. 3. SMOKING PROHIBITION IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

    (a) In General.--On and after the 180th day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, smoking shall be prohibited in any indoor 
portion of a Federal building and in any other space owned or leased 
for use by a Federal agency.
    (b) Executive Branch Buildings.--The Administrator of General 
Services shall issue regulations, and take such other actions as may be 
necessary, to institute and enforce the prohibition contained in 
subsection (a) as such prohibition applies to Federal buildings and 
other space owned or leased for use by an Executive agency.
    (c) Judicial Branch Buildings.--The Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts shall take such actions as may be 
necessary to institute and enforce the prohibition contained in 
subsection (a) as such prohibition applies to Federal buildings and 
other space owned or leased for use by an establishment in the judicial 
branch of the Government.
    (d) Legislative Branch Buildings.--
            (1) House of representatives.--The House Office Building 
        Commission shall take such actions as may be necessary to 
        institute and enforce the prohibition contained in subsection 
        (a) as such prohibition applies to Federal buildings and other 
        space owned or leased for use by the House of Representatives.
            (2) Senate.--The Committee on Rules and Administration of 
        the Senate shall take such actions as may be necessary to 
        institute and enforce the prohibition contained in subsection 
        (a) as such prohibition applies to Federal buildings and other 
        space owned or leased for use by the Senate.
            (3) Other establishments.--The Architect of the Capitol 
        shall take such actions as may be necessary to institute and 
        enforce the prohibition contained in subsection (a) as such 
        prohibition applies to Federal buildings and other space owned 
        or leased for use by an establishment in the legislative branch 
        of the Government (other than the House of Representatives and 
        the Senate).

SEC. 4. REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.

    Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of General Services shall transmit to the Committee 
on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report 
that includes--
            (1) information concerning the degree of compliance with 
        this Act; and
            (2) an assessment of the legal status of smoking in public 
        places.

SEC. 5. PREEMPTION.

    Nothing in this Act is intended to preempt any provision of law of 
a State or political subdivision of a State that is more restrictive 
than a provision of this Act.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
        the same meaning such term has under section 105 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (2) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means any 
        Executive agency or any establishments in the legislative or 
        judicial branches of the Government.
            (3) Federal building.--The term ``Federal building'' means 
        any building or other structure owned or leased for use by a 
        Federal agency, except that the term shall not include any area 
        of a building that is used primarily as living quarters.

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