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HR 2962 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Transportation safety and security

Banning the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2017

Introduced: June 20, 2017 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Jun 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jun 20, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 20, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E853-854)
Jun 20, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Banning the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2017

This bill requires the use of an electronic cigarette to be treated as smoking for purposes of provisions prohibiting smoking on passenger flights.

What's happening now June 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2962: Banning the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2962/
MLA
"H.R. 2962: Banning the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2962/.
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H.R. 2962, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2962/.
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[H.R. 2962: Banning the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2017](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2962/)
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