[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 673 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 673
To limit access by minors to cigarettes through prohibiting the sale of
tobacco products in vending machines and the distribution of free
samples of tobacco products in Federal buildings and property
accessible by minors.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 30 (legislative day, March 3), 1993
Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Bradley) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To limit access by minors to cigarettes through prohibiting the sale of
tobacco products in vending machines and the distribution of free
samples of tobacco products in Federal buildings and property
accessible by minors.
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 ``Prohibition of Cigarette Sales to
Minors in Federal Buildings and Lands Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) cigarette smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco
products continue to represent major health hazards to the
Nation, causing approximately 434,000 deaths each year;
(2) cigarette smoking continues to be the single most
preventable cause of death and disability in the United States;
(3) tobacco products contain hazardous additives, gases,
and other chemical constituents dangerous to health;
(4) the use of tobacco products costs the United States
more than $60,000,000,000 in lost productivity and health care
costs;
(5) tobacco products contain nicotine, a poisonous,
addictive drug;
(6) despite the known adverse health effects associated
with tobacco, it remains one of the least regulated consumer
products and is readily available to children and adolescents
throughout the United States;
(7) 90 percent of adult smokers start smoking in
adolescence or childhood and continue to smoke throughout their
adult lives;
(8) each day, more than 3,000 children and adolescents
start smoking and collectively consume nearly one billion packs
of cigarettes per year;
(9) reliable studies indicate that tobacco is a gateway to
other, increasingly more harmful drugs, and that tobacco use
continues after use of other drugs begins; and
(10) the Congress of the United States has a major policy
setting role in ensuring that the use of tobacco products among
minors is discouraged to the maximum extent possible.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act--
(1) the term ``Federal agency'' means--
(A) an Executive agency as defined in section 105
of title 5, United States Code; and
(B) each entity specified in paragraphs (B) through
(H) of section 5721(1) of title 5, United States Code;
(2) the term ``Federal building'' means--
(A) any building or other structure owned in whole
or in part by the United States or any Federal agency,
including any such structure occupied by a Federal
agency under a lease agreement; and
(B) includes the real property on which such
building is located;
(3) the term ``minor'' means an individual under the age of
18 years; and
(4) the term ``tobacco product'' means cigarettes, cigars,
little cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff, and
chewing tobacco.
SEC. 4. TOBACCO PRODUCTS VENDING MACHINE AND FREE SAMPLE BAN IN FEDERAL
BUILDINGS.
(a) In General.--No later than 45 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services and the
head of each Federal agency shall promulgate regulations that
prohibit--
(1) the sale of tobacco products in vending machines
located in or around any Federal building under the
jurisdiction of the Administrator or such agency head; and
(2) the distribution of free samples of tobacco products in
or around any Federal building under the jurisdiction of the
Administrator or such agency head.
(b) Exception.--The Administrator of General Services or the head
of an agency, as appropriate, may designate areas not subject to the
provisions of subsection (a), if such area also prohibits the presence
of minors.
(c) Jurisdiction of Federal Buildings and Administration.--The
provisions of this section shall be carried out--
(1) by the Administrator of General Services for any
Federal building which is maintained, leased, or has title of
ownership vested in the General Services Administration; or
(2) by the head of a Federal agency for any Federal
building which is maintained, leased, or has title of ownership
vested in such agency.
SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE REPORT.
No later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Administrator of General Services and each head of an agency shall
prepare and submit, to the appropriate committees of Congress, a report
that shall contain--
(1) verification that the Administrator or such head of an
agency is in compliance with this Act; and
(2) a detailed list of the location of all tobacco product
vending machines located in Federal buildings under the
administration of the Administrator or such head of an agency.
SEC. 6. APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL AND GROUNDS.
(a) In General.--No later than 45 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
and the House of Representatives Committee on House Administration,
after consultation with the Architect of the Capitol, shall promulgate
regulations that--
(1) prohibit the sale of tobacco products in vending
machines in the Capitol Buildings; and
(2) prohibit the distribution of free samples of tobacco
products in the Capitol Buildings.
(b) Exception.--Such committees may designate areas where such
prohibition shall not apply, if such area also prohibits the presence
of minors.
(c) Definition.--For the purpose of this section the term ``Capitol
Buildings'' shall have the same meaning as such term is defined under
section 16(a)(1) of the Act entitled ``An Act to define the area of the
United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for
other purposes'', approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193m(1)).
SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as restricting the authority
of the Administrator of General Services or the head of an agency to
limit tobacco product use in or around any Federal building, except as
provided under section 4(a).
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