HR 4742
116th Congress
House
Taxation
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Sales and excise taxes
Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019
Introduced: October 18, 2019
Introduced by:
Suozzi, Thomas R.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
Feb 21, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-400.
Oct 23, 2019
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 15.
Oct 23, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 18, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 18, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019
This bill imposes an excise tax on "taxable nicotine" which is any nicotine that has been extracted, concentrated, or synthesized and is treated as a tobacco product. The tax does not apply to nicotine used in a product that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for sale as a nicotine replacement therapy.
What's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
Committees of jurisdiction
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