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HR 2813 109th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Cigarettes Commerce Drug abuse Fines (Penalties) Law Mail-order business Postal service Smokeless tobacco Tobacco United States Postal Service

To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable.

Introduced: April 25, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends federal postal law to make all types of tobacco products nonmailable. Includes as tobacco products cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco.

Requires tobacco products attempted to be mailed to be disposed of as the Postal Service directs.

Provides a civil penalty for each mailing violation.

What's happening now June 8, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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WEINER, ANTHONY
· Apr 25, 2006
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2813: To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2813/
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