[House Report 116-409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


116th Congress    }                                     {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                     {     116-409

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2339) TO AMEND THE 
   FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT WITH RESPECT TO THE SALE AND 
         MARKETING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 February 26, 2020.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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               Ms. Shalala, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 866]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 866, by a record vote of 6 to 3, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2339, the 
Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco 
Epidemic Act of 2020, under a closed rule. The resolution 
provides 90 minutes of general debate equally divided among and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce and the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The 
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The resolution provides that an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 116-51, modified by the amendment printed in 
this report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The 
resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes waivers of the following:
     Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII, which requires the 
inclusion of committee cost estimate in a committee report. A 
CBO cost estimate on H.R. 2339 was not available at the time 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce filed its report.
     Clause 12(a)(1) of rule XXI, which prohibits 
consideration of a bill unless there is a searchable electronic 
comparative print that shows how the bill proposes to change 
current law.
     Clause 12(b) of rule XXI, which prohibits 
consideration of a bill unless there is a searchable electronic 
comparative print that shows how the text of the bill as 
proposed to be considered differs from the text of the bill as 
reported.
     Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act, 
which prohibits consideration of legislation, as reported, 
providing new budget authority, change in revenues, change in 
public debt, new entitlement authority or new credit authority 
for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has 
been agreed to.
    The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended, includes waivers of the following:
     Clause 4 of rule XXI, which prohibits reporting a 
bill carrying an appropriation from a committee not having 
jurisdiction to report an appropriation.
     Clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a bill or 
joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure from being 
reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax 
or tariff measures.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 248

    Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule. Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................  ............
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................  ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 249

    Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to H.R. 2339 to make 
in order amendment #19, offered by Rep. Butterfield (NC), which 
removes menthol from the prohibition on flavoring for tobacco 
products that are not electronic nicotine delivery systems. 
Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................  ............
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................  ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 250

    Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 2339 to 
make in order amendment #18, offered by Rep. Crenshaw (TX), 
which exempts waterpipe (``Hookah'') tobacco from the 
prohibition on flavored tobacco products. Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................  ............
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................  ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 251

    Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 2339 to 
make in order amendment #14, offered by Rep. Walden (OR), which 
requires FDA to consider whether the denial of a marketing 
application for a flavored ENDS product will increase the 
likelihood that consumers will purchase illegal and adulterated 
products through the black market when determining whether a 
flavored product is less harmful than an unflavored ENDS 
product. Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................  ............
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................  ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 252

    Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 2339 to 
make in order amendment #7, offered by Rep. Burgess (TX), which 
strikes the increase in user fees for fiscal year 2021 unless 
the FDA submits to Congress the appropriate reports required 
under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. 
Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................  ............
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................  ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 253

    Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 2339 to make 
in order amendment #12, offered by Rep. Griffith (VA), which 
amends the bill to include a prohibition against flavored 
marijuana products, stating that such products shall be treated 
in the same manner as flavored tobacco products. Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................  ............
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................  ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 254

    Motion by Ms. Shalala to report the rule. Adopted: 6-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Nay
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Yea   Mr. Woodall.......................          Nay
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Yea   Mr. Burgess.......................  ............
Mr. Raskin......................................          Yea   Mrs. Lesko........................          Nay
Ms. Scanlon.....................................  ............
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Yea
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................  ............
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      SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2339 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    1. Pallone (NJ): Makes technical corrections in Section 103 
and Section 109 of this Act.

          TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2339 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Page 7, line 16, after ``mint,'' insert ``mango,''.
  Page 25, line 22, strike ``$5,000,0000'' and insert 
``$5,000,000''.

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