TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Bills and resolutions

Crime: include certain territories and possessions of the U.S. in the definition of State for purposes of trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (see H.R. 5934), H3698 [8JN]

Tariff: preparations intended to assist smokers to stop smoking (see S. 3144), S3086 [10MY]

Taxation: clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (see H.R. 4134), H1152 [5MR]

——— provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products (see S. 3081), S3084 [10MY]

——— repeal certain tax increases (see H.R. 4064), H901 [16FE]

Remarks in House

Crime: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes, H6356 [14NO]

——— include certain territories and possessions of the U.S. in the definition of State for purposes of trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (H.R. 5934), H6355–H6357 [14NO], E1757 [15NO]

Taxation: clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (H.R. 4134), E561 [17AP]

Texts of

H.R. 5934, Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act, H6355 [14NO]

S. 3081, Tobacco Tax Equity Act, S3088 [10MY]