[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 389 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 389

  To require the submission to the Congress of annual reports on the 
   tobacco user fees assessed and collected under section 919 of the 
                 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2013

 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the submission to the Congress of annual reports on the 
   tobacco user fees assessed and collected under section 919 of the 
                 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 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 ``Transparency in Tobacco User Fees 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING ON TOBACCO USER FEES.

    Section 919 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
387s) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Reporting.--
            ``(1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 2014, not 
        later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which 
        fees are collected under this section, the Secretary shall, 
        with respect to such fiscal year, prepare and submit to the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
        and Pensions of the Senate a report concerning such fees.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall, 
        with respect to the fiscal year involved, include at a minimum 
        the following:
                    ``(A) The total amount of fees assessed and 
                collected under this section.
                    ``(B) A description of how such fees have been, or 
                are intended to be, used.
                    ``(C) The total amount of fees assessed and 
                collected under this section which have not been 
                obligated.
                    ``(D) The total amount of fees assessed and 
                collected under this section which have been obligated, 
                but have not been expended.
                    ``(E) Of the fees assessed and collected under this 
                section, the portion of such fees which have been, or 
                are intended to be, provided to public or private 
                entities outside of the Federal Government.
                    ``(F) The total number of tobacco products for 
                which an application is received, or an order is 
                issued, under section 910.
                    ``(G) Of the applications received under section 
                910--
                            ``(i) the number of such applications 
                        disposed of; and
                            ``(ii) the number of such applications 
                        which remain pending.
                    ``(H) The total number of modified risk tobacco 
                products (as defined in section 911(b)) for which an 
                application is received, or an order is issued, under 
                section 911.
                    ``(I) Of the applications received under section 
                911--
                            ``(i) the number of such applications 
                        disposed of; and
                            ``(ii) the number of such applications 
                        which remain pending.''.
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