Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 21, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
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.
- IntroducedOct 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019
This bill imposes an excise tax on "taxable nicotine" which is any nicotine that has been extracted, concentrated, or synthesized and is treated as a tobacco product. The tax does not apply to nicotine used in a product that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for sale as a nicotine replacement therapy.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 18, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 18, 2019Markup Oct 23, 2019Reported Feb 21, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 21, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-400.
- Feb 21, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
- Oct 23, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 23, 2019Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 15.
- Oct 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1280 | Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY | Feb 28, 2020 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 18, 2019H.R. 4742, Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019
- Oct 31, 2019H.R. 4742, Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 165, October 18, 2019, page H8259.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2339 | Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 2, 2020 |
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 impose a tax on nicotine used in vaping, etc.
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 21, 2020Reported in House
- Oct 18, 2019Introduced in House
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.
