[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 53 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3547. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and 
Mr. Nelson) to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 5032. REGULATIONS RELATING TO E-CIGARETTES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Pipeline 
     and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall, in 
     coordination and consultation with the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration--
       (1) finalize the interim final rule of the Pipeline and 
     Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued October 30, 
     2015, pertaining to e-cigarettes; and
       (2) expand that rule to prohibit the carrying of battery-
     powered portable electronic smoking devices in checked 
     baggage and in carry-on baggage.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``battery-
     powered portable electronic smoking devices'' means e-
     cigarettes, e-cigs, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs, personal 
     vaporizers, and electronic nicotine delivery systems.
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