[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6498]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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        NATIONAL TOBACCO POLICY AND YOUTH SMOKING REDUCTION ACT

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               JEFFORDS (AND BINGAMAN) AMENDMENT NO. 2710

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill (S. 1415) to reform and 
restructure the processes by which tobacco products are manufactured, 
marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by 
minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       On page 159, line 8, strike ``such sums as may be 
     necessary'' and all that follows through line 11, and insert 
     ``not less than 5 percent of such funds in fiscal year 1999, 
     10 percent of such funds in fiscal year 2000, 15 percent of 
     such funds in fiscal year 2001, and 20 percent of such funds 
     in fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent fiscal year, shall be 
     used to expand existing support for epidemiological, 
     behavioral, psychopharmacological, psychobiological, 
     psychophysiological, health services and social science 
     research related to the prevention and treatment of tobacco 
     addiction. Research described in this paragraph shall include 
     research on the effect of nicotine on brain and behavior as 
     well as the behavioral etiology of tobacco use.''.
       On page 159, line 13, strike ``(d) may'' and insert ``(c) 
     shall''.
       On page 160, line 17, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(f)''.
       On page 160, line 18, strike ``may'' and insert ``shall''.
       On page 161, strike lines 1 through 3.
       On page 161, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       ``(3) annually prepare and submit to Congress a report 
     containing a description of the research undertaken pursuant 
     to subsection (c) and an assessment of whether the 
     requirement of subsection (c) has been met with respect to 
     the preceding year;''.
       On page 161, line 6, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 161, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       ``(5) use not less than $10,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under this section in each fiscal year to carry out 
     this subsection.''.
       On page 161, strike lines 12 through 15.
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                       McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 2711

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill S. 1415, supra; as follows:

       Beginning on page 367, strike line 19, and all that follows 
     through line 19 on page 368, and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--It is unlawful for any person to sell, or 
     ship or deliver for sale or shipment, or otherwise introduce 
     in interstate or foreign commerce, or to receive therein, or 
     to remove from Customs custody for use, any tobacco product 
     unless such product is packaged and labeled in conformity 
     with this section, in order to counter trafficking in tobacco 
     contraband and for other purposes.
       (b) Labeling and Tracking.--
       (1) Identification.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate 
     regulations that require each manufacturer or importer of 
     tobacco products to place a unique serial number on all 
     packages of tobacco products manufactured or imported for 
     sale or distribution. The serial number shall be designed to 
     enable the Secretary to identify the manufacturer or importer 
     of the product, and the location and date of manufacture or 
     importation of the product, and to track tobacco products 
     through the stream of commerce. The Secretary shall determine 
     the size, location, legibility and other characteristics of 
     the serial number.
       (2) Additional marking requirements for exports.--Each 
     package of a tobacco product that is exported shall be marked 
     for export from the United States. The Secretary shall 
     promulgate regulations to determine the size and location, 
     and other characteristics, of the mark and under what 
     circumstances a waiver of this paragraph shall be granted.
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                       CHAFEE AMENDMENT NO. 2712

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. CHAFEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill S. 1415, supra; as follows:

       On page 195, line 15, strike ``and''.
       On page 195, line 17, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 195, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       ``(v) activities related to the national education and 
     outreach campaign under section __ of title V.''.
       At the appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

       (a) National Education and Outreach Campaign.--The 
     Administrator shall use amounts made available under section 
     451(b)(2)(C) in each fiscal year to establish a national 
     education and outreach campaign relating to the effect on 
     individuals of exposure to tobacco smoke and ways to minimize 
     such exposure. In establishing such campaign, the 
     Administrator shall--
       (1) focus on children's exposure to environmental tobacco 
     smoke in the home; and
       (2) coordinate activities with the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services and other Federal agencies as determined 
     appropriate by the Administrator.
       (b) Peer Review.--The Administrator shall use amounts made 
     available under section 451(b)(2)(C) in each fiscal year to 
     carry out research, and provide for peer review studies of 
     research, related to the exposure of individuals to 
     environmental tobacco smoke.
       (c) Funding.--There shall be made available from the Public 
     Health Allocation Account established under section 451(b) to 
     the Administrator--
       (1) $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 
     2003 to carry out subsection (a); and
       (2) $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 
     2003 to carry out subsection (b).

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