HR 5059
107th Congress
House
Commerce
Administrative procedure
Cigarettes
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Drug abuse
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Fire prevention
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Import restrictions
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Standards
Tobacco industry
Fire-Safe Cigarette Act of 2002
Introduced: June 27, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jun 27, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 27, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fire-Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to set a deadline for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a rule implementing the consumer product safety standard prescribed by this Act to reduce the risk of fire from cigarettes.
Prescribes testing methodology. Authorizes the Commission to regulate the ignition propensity of cigarette paper for roll-your-own tobacco products when it sets such standards.
Instructs the Commission to include in such standard a proscription against the stockpiling of cigarettes to which the fire safety standards will apply.
Denies the Commission any jurisdiction over tobacco or tobacco products.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Committees of jurisdiction
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