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HR 1880 98th Congress House

Cigarette Safety Act of 1984

Official title: A bill to require persons who manufacture cigarettes or little cigars for sale or distribution in commerce to meet performance standards prescribed by the Cons… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require persons who manufacture cigarettes or little cigars for sale or distribution in commerce to meet performance standards prescribed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 4, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 26 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 30, 1984
Became Public Law No: 98-567.
Oct 30, 1984
Signed by President.
Oct 19, 1984
Presented to President.
Oct 18, 1984
Measure Signed in Senate.
Oct 4, 1984
Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.
Oct 4, 1984
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.
Oct 1, 1984
House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments.
Oct 1, 1984
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments.
Sep 21, 1984
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1935 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Sep 21, 1984
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1935 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Sep 21, 1984
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1935 amended.
Aug 8, 1984
Received in the Senate, read twice n. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1114.
Aug 6, 1984
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Aug 6, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Aug 6, 1984
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Jul 30, 1984
Placed on Union Calendar No: 528.
Jul 30, 1984
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-917.
Jun 27, 1984
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Jun 27, 1984
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 7, 1984
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Jun 7, 1984
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 21, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 11, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 11, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
Mar 3, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 3, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 30, 1984

Became Public Law No: 98-567.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cigarette Safety Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate, within 24 months, final performance standards for cigarettes and little cigars ensuring a minimal capacity for igniting smoldering fabric fires.

Requires publication in the Federal Register, together with detailed reasons, of any decision not to promulgate a standard based on a finding that it is technologically impracticable or economically unreasonable.

Authorizes the Commission to prohibit manufacturers from stockpiling such products to which such standards apply.

Provides for judicial review of such standards in an appropriate U.S. court of appeals.

Declares such cigarette safety standards to be subject to all remedial and penalty provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act.

Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act for the first three fiscal years beginning after enactment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1935 Related bill Cigarette Safety Act of 1984
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Oct 25, 1983
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Aug 4, 1983
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 1983
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 3, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1880: Cigarette Safety Act of 1984. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1880/
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"H.R. 1880: Cigarette Safety Act of 1984." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1880/.
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H.R. 1880, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1880/.
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