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HR 2781 102th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Cigarettes Exports Federal advisory bodies Sales promotion Smokeless tobacco Tobacco Tobacco tax Trade negotiations

Cigarette Export Reform Act

Introduced: June 26, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 9, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Jun 26, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 26, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 26, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cigarette Export Reform Act - Prohibits appropriated funds from being used by any Federal employee or agency to seek through negotiation the removal or reduction of any restrictions imposed by a foreign country on the marketing of its tobacco products.

Requires the inclusion, with regard to any cases that involve unfair trade practices by foreign countries with respect to tobacco products, of representatives of the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trade Policy Staff Committee, the Trade Policy Review Group, and the Economic Policy Council as members of the Section 301 Committee.

What's happening now July 9, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Jul 16, 1991
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 16, 1991
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 11, 1991
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jun 26, 1991
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 1991
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2781: Cigarette Export Reform Act. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2781/
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"H.R. 2781: Cigarette Export Reform Act." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2781/.
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H.R. 2781, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2781/.
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