[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3007 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3007

To require the sale and advertisement of cigarettes on the Internet to 
  meet the warning requirements of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and 
                            Advertising Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 1999

Mr. Meehan (for himself and Mr. Hansen) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the sale and advertisement of cigarettes on the Internet to 
  meet the warning requirements of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and 
                            Advertising Act.

    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 ``Internet Cigarette Warning Label 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERNET AND CIGARETTE WARNING LABELS.

    It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, importer, or retailer of 
cigarettes to sell or advertise cigarettes through the Internet unless 
the cigarette packages of the cigarettes so sold and the image used on 
the Internet in the sale or advertising of the cigarettes contain the 
warning labels required by section 4(a)(1) of the Federal Cigarette 
Labeling and Advertising Act (15 U.S.C. 1333(a)(1)). The packages shall 
meet the requirements of section 4(b)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
1333(b)(1)) and the images and advertising shall meet the requirements 
of section 4(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1333(b)(2), except that the 
Federal Trade Commission shall by regulation determine in what manner 
the warning labels shall appear on the Internet so as to be 
conspicuous. The Federal Trade Commission shall issue such regulations 
within ____ of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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