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: June 8, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jun 8, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1