Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Latest action · May 20, 2009 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
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.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including through disclosure, annual registration, inspection, recordkeeping, and user fee requirements.
Directs the Secretary to establish the Center for Tobacco Products to implement this Act.
Sets forth criteria by which tobacco products are deemed adulterated or misbranded.
Allows the Secretary to require prior approval of all label statements.
Authorizes the Secretary to restrict the sale or distribution of tobacco products, including advertising and promotion, if appropriate for the protection of the public health. Sets forth limits on such regulations, including prohibiting establishment of a minimum age greater than 18 for product purchases.
Prohibits: (1) cigarettes from containing any artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice, including strawberry, cinnamon, or coffee; or (2) a tobacco product manufacturer from using tobacco that contains a greater level of pesticide chemical residue than is specified by any tolerance applicable to domestically grown tobacco.
Requires the Secretary to establish tobacco product standards to protect the public health. Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) banning all cigarettes, all smokeless tobacco products, all little cigars, all other cigars, all pipe tobacco, or all roll-your-own tobacco products; or (2) requiring the reduction of the nicotine yields of a tobacco product to zero.
Requires premarket approval of all new tobacco products.
Sets forth standards for the sale of modified risk tobacco products.
Requires the Secretary to establish a Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.
Revises tobacco product warning labels and advertising requirements.
Cosponsors 57
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2009 to Jun 3, 2009; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-DE | Edward E. Kaufman | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-IL | Roland Burris | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | May 6, 2009 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | May 6, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | May 6, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | May 11, 2009 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | May 11, 2009 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | May 11, 2009 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | May 11, 2009 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | May 18, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 1, 2009 | |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Jun 1, 2009 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Jun 1, 2009 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Jun 1, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Jun 3, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 5, 2009Markup May 20, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2009Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- May 5, 2009Introduced in Senate
- May 5, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5143-5163)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S5143–S5163 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA (text) | May 5, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 1, 2009S. 982, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 20, 2009</p>
- Jun 1, 2009S. 982, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 20, 2009
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40475 | FDA Tobacco Regulation: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 Archived | Report | May 28, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Business records
- Child health
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Judicial review and appeals
- Licensing and registrations
- Manufacturing
- Marketing and advertising
- Product safety and quality
- Smuggling and trafficking
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2009Introduced in Senate
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
