TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Articles and editorials

Tobacco Exports Get Aid in Bill Set for House Vote, H7427 [12SE]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: increase legal age for smoking (see H.R. 4432), H2966 [11MY]

Crime: combat smuggling of tobacco products into the U.S. (see S. 2493), S3258 [2MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use portion of any national tobacco settlement for veterans health care (see H. Con. Res. 255), H510 [16FE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2333), S1986 [30MR] (see S. 2379), S2347 [6AP] (see S. 2566, 2568), S4014 [16MY] (see H.R. 4042), H1163 [21MR] (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]

Foreign trade: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H340 [10FE]

———provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]

Health: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H1163 [21MR]

Labeling: enlarge and strengthen warning labels (see S. 2889), S7229 [19JY] (see H.R. 4886), H6598 [19JY]

———provide for the disclosure of certain products and prescribe labels for packages and advertising (see S. 2125), S930 [29FE]

National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day: designate (see S. Res. 323), S5106 [14JN]

Native Americans: payment of State taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 5244), H7990 [21SE]

President's Commission on Veterans and Smoking: establish (see H.R. 3696), H510 [16FE]

Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see S. 3073), S8759 [19SE] (see H.R. 5208), H7870 [19SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see S. 2017), S149 [31JA]

———exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income (see S. 3285), S11917 [15DE]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see S. 2696), S4820 [8JN] (see H.R. 4598), H4035 [7JN]

———treatment of reimported tobacco products (see H.R. 3917), H997 [14MR]

Letters

District of Columbia prohibition on possession of tobacco products by minors: Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of the District of Columbia, H7586 [14SE]

———John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, H7586, H7587 [14SE]

———Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), H7587 [14SE]

———Representative Bilbray, H7585 [14SE]

Grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco, and reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products: John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, E371 [21MR]

Transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund Dept. of Justice litigation against tobacco industry: several veterans organizations, H4496 [15JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Justice: transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H3966 [7JN], H4491-H4498 [15JN], H4619, H4632-H4651 [19JN], H4735, H4736 [20JN], H5039-H5046 [23JN], H11290 [26OC], E1062 [20JN], E1167, E1169 [30JN]

District of Columbia: prohibit possession of tobacco products by minors, H7584-H7588 [14SE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco, H7087-H7090 [26JY], E1169 [30JN]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 4042), H1127 [21MR], E371 [21MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 4207), H1847-H1849 [5AP], H2114 [11AP], H2503 [3MY]

———Supreme Court decision relative to jurisdiction over tobacco, H1288 [23MR]

Government: impact of regulations on personal liberties, H186 [2FE]

Health: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (H.R. 4041), E371 [21MR]

———regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, H1847-H1849 [5AP]

Taxation: excise taxes, H7876 [20SE]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: combat smuggling of tobacco products into the U.S. (S. 2493), S3258 [2MY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit the use of Federal funds for the construction or operation of discount tobacco stores, S2333, S2334 [6AP], S2427 [7AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco, S2411 [7AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2333), S1990-S1993 [30MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2379), S2350, S2351 [6AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2566), S4016-S4018 [16MY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2568), S4018 [16MY]

Foreign trade: tobacco export subsidies, S11458 [1NO]

Government: impact of governmental purchase of tobacco on domestic growth quotas, S10684 [18OC]

Labeling: enlarge and strengthen warning labels (S. 2889), S7238 [19JY]

———provide for the disclosure of certain products and prescribe labels for packages and advertising (S. 2125), S946-S950 [29FE]

National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day: designate (S. Res. 323), S5160 [14JN]

Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (S. 3073), S8765 [19SE]

Taxation: exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income (S. 3285), S11929 [15DE]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (S. 2696), S4821 [8JN]

Statements

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act: Representatives Doggett, John Lewis, and Stark, H7426 [12SE]

Need for Alternative Activities To Keep Kids From Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco: April Niles, Blake Kincaid, Craig Stevens, and Nate Powers, E1580 [25SE]

Texts of

S. 2125, Smoker's Right To Know and Truth in Tobacco Labeling Act, S946-S949 [29FE]

S. 2333, Tobacco Regulatory Fairness Act, S1991 [30MR]

S. 2493, Tobacco Smuggling Eradication Act, S3258-S3260 [2MY]

S. 2696, Gray Market Cigarette Compliance Act, S4821-S4823 [8JN]

S. 2889, Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels To Save Lives Act, S7238-S7240 [19JY]

S. 3285, exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income, S11930 [15DE]

S. Res. 323, National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day, S5119, S5161 [14JN]