[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2726 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2726


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2019

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on Amtrak 
                                trains.

    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 ``Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SMOKING ON AMTRAK TRAINS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 24323. Prohibition on smoking on Amtrak trains
    ``(a) Prohibition.--Beginning on the date of enactment of the 
Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019, Amtrak shall prohibit smoking on 
board Amtrak trains.
    ``(b) Electronic Cigarettes.--
            ``(1) Inclusion.--The use of an electronic cigarette shall 
        be treated as smoking for purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Electronic cigarette defined.--In this section, the 
        term `electronic cigarette' means a device that delivers 
        nicotine or other substances to a user of the device in the 
        form of a vapor that is inhaled to simulate the experience of 
        smoking.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 243 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``24323. Prohibition on smoking on Amtrak trains.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.