HR 768
105th Congress
House
Health
Cigarettes
Commerce
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Retail trade
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking and youth
State laws
To restrict the Food and Drug Administration from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law.
Introduced: February 13, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 13, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Feb 13, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits, if a State has a law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18 or 19, the Food and Drug Administration from taking enforcement action against a cigarette and smokeless tobacco products retailer for the sale of such items in that State if the sale is a face-to-face transaction conducted in accordance with State law.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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