[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2758 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2758

   To amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act with 
 respect to the labeling of cigarette packages, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2006

 Mr. Lieberman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act with 
 respect to the labeling of cigarette packages, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Cigarette Litter Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED STATEMENT ON CIGARETTE PACKAGES.

    Section 4(a) of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1333(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to 
        manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within 
        the United States any cigarettes the package of which fails to 
        bear, in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the 
        Secretary under subparagraph (B), the following statement: 
        `Please dispose of all cigarette waste properly. Do not 
        litter.'.
            ``(B) Not later than 180 days after the Cigarette Litter 
        Prevention Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations with 
        respect to the placement, format, and type style of the label 
        statement required under subparagraph (A).''.
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