HR 2779
102th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Advertising
Cigarettes
Consumer education
Export controls
Exports
Labeling
Smoking
Cigarette Export Labeling Act
Introduced: June 26, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 15, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
Jul 15, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jul 9, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Jun 26, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 26, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 26, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Cigarette Export Labeling Act - Requires cigarettes being exported to bear the Surgeon General's warnings required by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. Makes it unlawful to advertise abroad any cigarette without the Surgeon General's warnings required by the Act.
Repeals provisions of the Act exempting from the warning requirements cigarettes for: (1) export; or (2) delivery to a vessel or aircraft for consumption beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. internal revenue laws.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.