HR 564 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017

Introduced Jan 13, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Bill Posey R-FL

Latest action · Jan 13, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

IntroducedJan 13, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017

This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.

Cosponsors 149

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2017 to Oct 26, 2018; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-FL	Brian J. Mast	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-IL	Darin LaHood	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-VA	Dave Brat	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-NC	George Holding	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-CA	Jeff Denham	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-NC	Mark Walker	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-CA	Stephen Knight	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Jan 23, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Jan 23, 2017
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jan 23, 2017
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jan 23, 2017
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jan 23, 2017
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Jan 23, 2017
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jan 23, 2017
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jan 24, 2017
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jan 24, 2017
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jan 24, 2017
R-NY	John Katko		Jan 24, 2017
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jan 24, 2017
R-NC	Ted Budd		Jan 24, 2017
R-TN	Diane Black		Jan 30, 2017
R-AK	Don Young		Jan 30, 2017
R-GA	Doug Collins		Jan 30, 2017
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jan 30, 2017
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jan 30, 2017
R-IA	Rod Blum		Jan 30, 2017
R-NC	David Rouzer		Feb 3, 2017
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Feb 3, 2017
R-NY	Chris Collins		Feb 7, 2017
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Feb 14, 2017
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Feb 14, 2017
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Feb 14, 2017
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Feb 14, 2017
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Feb 14, 2017
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Feb 16, 2017
R-MI	David A. Trott		Feb 16, 2017
D-CA	Jim Costa		Feb 16, 2017
R-FL	Francis Rooney		Feb 24, 2017
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Feb 24, 2017
R-VA	Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.		Feb 24, 2017
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Feb 27, 2017
R-TX	Brian Babin		Mar 1, 2017
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Mar 1, 2017
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Mar 1, 2017
R-MO	Sam Graves		Mar 1, 2017
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Mar 7, 2017
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Mar 10, 2017
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Mar 13, 2017
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Mar 13, 2017
R-MN	Jason Lewis		Mar 13, 2017
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Mar 13, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Mar 13, 2017
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Mar 20, 2017
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Mar 20, 2017
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 21, 2017
R-TN	David P. Roe		Mar 21, 2017
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Mar 21, 2017
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Mar 21, 2017
R-IL	Mike Bost		Mar 21, 2017
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Mar 23, 2017
R-NE	Don Bacon		Mar 23, 2017
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Mar 23, 2017
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Mar 28, 2017
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Mar 29, 2017
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 29, 2017
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 29, 2017
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Mar 29, 2017
R-TX	Will Hurd		Apr 4, 2017
R-TX	Ted Poe		Apr 6, 2017
R-IN	Jim Banks		Apr 24, 2017
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		May 16, 2017
I-MI	Paul Mitchell		May 16, 2017
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		May 16, 2017
R-MI	Jack Bergman		May 23, 2017
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		May 24, 2017
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		May 25, 2017
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		May 25, 2017
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jun 6, 2017
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jun 6, 2017
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Jun 12, 2017
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jun 12, 2017
R-GA	Tom Graves		Jun 12, 2017
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jun 13, 2017
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jun 15, 2017
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jun 15, 2017
R-TN	David Kustoff		Jul 11, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 11, 2017
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Jul 25, 2017
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Aug 15, 2017
R-PA	Tom Marino		Aug 25, 2017
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Sep 28, 2017
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Oct 2, 2017
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Oct 3, 2017
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Oct 12, 2017
R-CA	Paul Cook		Oct 12, 2017
R-IN	Luke Messer		Oct 23, 2017
R-TX	Roger Williams		Oct 23, 2017
R-PA	Scott Perry		Oct 23, 2017
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Oct 23, 2017
R-SC	Tom Rice		Oct 31, 2017
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Nov 2, 2017
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Nov 6, 2017
R-GA	Austin Scott		Nov 14, 2017
R-AR	Steve Womack		Nov 15, 2017
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Nov 28, 2017
R-IL	John Shimkus		Nov 29, 2017
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Nov 30, 2017
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jan 19, 2018
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Feb 2, 2018
R-TX	Bill Flores		Feb 6, 2018
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jun 1, 2018
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Jun 12, 2018
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Sep 7, 2018
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Sep 10, 2018
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Sep 12, 2018
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Sep 20, 2018
R-CO	Ken Buck		Oct 26, 2018

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 13, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 13, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

Constitutional authority

By Mr.POSEY: H.R. 564. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to thefollowing: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 9, January 13, 2017, page H548.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 294	Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017	Identical bill	Feb 2, 2017
HR 662	Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015	Reintroduction of	Feb 6, 2015

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.
Short Titles as Introduced: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House

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