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Youth Smoking Prevention and State Revenue Enforcement Act

Introduced: April 29, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 1, 2003
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 29, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Apr 29, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 29, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Youth Smoking Prevention and State Revenue Enforcement Act - Amends the Jenkins Act to require each person who engages in an interstate sale or distribution of cigarettes to comply with all the sales and use tax and other laws applicable to cigarette distribution or sale in the State and place in which the cigarettes are delivered.

Authorizes a State Attorney General to bring a civil action to obtain any appropriate relief, including money damages, for a violation of such Act. Eliminates the $1,000 criminal penalty limitation.

Includes within the definitions of: (1) "cigarette" loose rolling tobacco; (2) "person" Indian tribal organizations or tribal governments; (3) "State" U.S. territories or possessions; and (4) "interstate sale or distribution of cigarettes" sales outside Indian lands where the order was processed.

What's happening now May 1, 2003

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Carter, John R.
Texas · May 15, 2003
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 8, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1839: Youth Smoking Prevention and State Revenue Enforcement Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1839/
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"H.R. 1839: Youth Smoking Prevention and State Revenue Enforcement Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1839/.
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H.R. 1839, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1839/.
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