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HR 3628 106th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Cigarettes Drug abuse Import restrictions

To prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes.

Introduced: February 10, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 8, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 10, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 10, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Prohibits the importation of bidi cigarettes (containing tobacco wrapped in temburni or tendu leaf, without a filter) into the United States.
What's happening now March 8, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 29, 2000
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 20, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 29, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3628: To prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3628/
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"H.R. 3628: To prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3628/.
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H.R. 3628, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3628/.
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