S 2317
107th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Administrative procedure
Cigarettes
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Drug abuse
Emergency Management
Evidence (Law)
Fire prevention
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
Independent regulatory commissions
Judicial review of administrative acts
Law
Liability (Law)
Product safety
Standards
Tobacco industry
Joseph Moakley Memorial Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002
Introduced: April 25, 2002
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 25, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 25, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3439-3440)
Apr 25, 2002
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Joseph Moakley Memorial Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe fire safety standards for cigarettes to reduce the risk of ignition presented by cigarettes (including a proscription against the stockpiling of cigarettes to which the fire safety standards will apply).
Sets forth general test requirements.
Denies the Commission any jurisdiction over tobacco or tobacco products.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1