HR 5264 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Tobacco Smuggling Eradication Act of 2002

Introduced Jul 26, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Lloyd Doggett D-TX

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Latest action · Aug 20, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 26, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tobacco Smuggling Eradication Act of 2002 - Amends chapter 52 (Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes) of the Internal Revenue Code to require all packages of tobacco products to carry a unique legibly printed serial number by which the Secretary of the Treasury can identify the manufacturer or importer and the location and date of manufacture or importation. Requires tobacco products sold on Indian reservations to be labeled as such.

Requires a tobacco wholesaler to have a permit and to maintain certain records.

Requires export warehouse proprietors to file certain reports with the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into certain tobacco related information agreements with foreign countries.

Establishes new offenses relating to the distribution of tobacco.

Raises the $1,000 civil penalty under chapter 52 to $10,000.

Amends the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act to: (1) expand the applicability of such Act from cigarettes only to "tobacco product" (cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and pipe tobacco); (2) define "contraband tobacco product" as a quantity of tobacco product that is equivalent to or more than 30,000 cigarettes (currently, 60,000) which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State tobacco taxes; (3) establish new unlawful acts; and (4) require additional recordkeeping.

Repeals Federal law provisions concerning reports required to State tobacco tax administrators by individuals engaged in interstate cigarette commerce.

Cosponsors 90

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 26, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJul 26, 2002
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-OKBrad CarsonOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ORDavid WuOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJul 26, 2002
R-UTJames V. HansenOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalJul 26, 2002
D-UTJim MathesonOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYJohn J. LaFalceOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXKen BentsenOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILLane EvansOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CALois CappsOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-COMark UdallOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXNick LampsonOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CARobert T. MatsuiOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-WIRon KindOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJRush HoltOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CASam FarrOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CATom LantosOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NMTom UdallOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-PAWilliam J. CoyneOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJul 26, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jul 26, 2002
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 26, 2002
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Aug 20, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 20, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jul 26, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Jul 26, 2002Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5091Lloyd Doggett D-TXJul 23, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the United States, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Tobacco Smuggling Eradication Act of 2002

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 26, 2002Introduced in House

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