HR 2180 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

National Youth Smoking Reduction Act

Introduced Jun 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Tom Davis R-VA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 14, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E362)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 14, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Youth Smoking Reduction Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give the Secretary of Health and Human Services regulatory authority over tobacco products.

Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act to revise tobacco and smokeless tobacco label and advertising warning requirements.

Prohibits a retailer selling a tobacco product to any person younger than 18 years of age. Restricts retail sales to face-to-face exchanges between retailers and consumers, except for certain mail order sales and sales from vending machine located in an adults-only facility.

Prohibits targeting youth in the advertising of tobacco products.

Requires ingredients disclosure to the public.

Makes any advertising that violates this Act an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2001 to Nov 28, 2001, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalJun 14, 2001
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-VAEdward L. SchrockOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-NYFelix J. Grucci Jr.OriginalJun 14, 2001
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-GAJohn LinderOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-TXKay GrangerOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-NELee TerryOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-GAMac CollinsOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-WIMark GreenOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-CAMary BonoOriginalJun 14, 2001
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-NJMike FergusonOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-OHPaul E. GillmorOriginalJun 14, 2001
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJun 25, 2001
Show all 19 cosponsors

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E362)
  2. Jun 25, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jun 14, 2001Introduced in House
  4. Jun 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  5. Jun 14, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1117-1119)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.