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HCONRES 184 105th Congress House Health Arts, Culture, Religion Cigarettes Commerce Drug abuse Entertainers Families Government Operations and Politics Motion picture industry Motion pictures Smokeless tobacco Smoking and youth

Expressing the sense of Congress that the motion picture industry should work to discourage tobacco use among our youth.

Introduced: November 6, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Dec 9, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Nov 6, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the motion picture industry should discourage youth tobacco use by eliminating the use of tobacco products in its productions, except for productions that portray the dangers of tobacco use.

What's happening now December 9, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 24, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 27, 1998
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 27, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 184: Expressing the sense of Congress that the motion picture industry should work to discourage tobacco use among our youth.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-184/
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"H. Con. Res. 184: Expressing the sense of Congress that the motion picture industry should work to discourage tobacco use among our youth.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-184/.
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H. Con. Res. 184, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-184/.
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