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
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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