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This bill has the status Passed House
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- Introduced
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[actionDate] => 2020-02-21
[displayText] => Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-402.
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[description] => Introduced
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- Passed House
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[actionDate] => 2020-02-28
[displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 213 - 195 (Roll no. 78).
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[description] => Passed House
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- Passed Senate
- To President
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Summary: H.R.2339 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)
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Reported to House (02/21/2020)
Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019
This bill revises requirements related to the safety, sale, and advertisement of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes, e-hookah, e-cigars, and vape pens).
Among other requirements, the bill
- requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement regulations to require color graphics on the labeling of cigarette packages, depicting the negative health consequences of smoking;
- requires the FDA to apply regulations on tobacco products to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes;
- generally prohibits the retail online sale of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems;
- prohibits the use of flavored products in an electronic nicotine delivery system, except in specified circumstances;
- increases the user fees that the FDA collects from manufacturers and importers;
- directs the FDA to regulate products containing synthetic nicotine (not made or derived from tobacco);
- exempts certain cigars from premarket review requirements;
- establishes a demonstration grant program to develop strategies for smoking cessation in medically underserved communities;
- increases civil penalties for certain violations of restrictions on the sale of tobacco products; and
- requires the Government Accountability Office to study e-cigarettes.