HR 2339 - Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act - National Key Vote
Patrick McHenry voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Timeline
- House Bill Passed
- Feb. 28, 2020
- Introduced
- April 18, 2019
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Title: Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends regulations related to the safety, sale, and advertisement of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes.
Highlights:
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Prohibits marketing, advertising, or promoting any electronic nicotine delivery system in a manner that appeals to an individual under 21 years of age (Sec. 201).
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Prohibits marketing, advertising, promoting, or endorsing any electronic nicotine delivery system without clearly disclosing that the communication is an advertisement unless the communication is unambiguously identifiable as an advertisement, and prohibits compensating any person for such actions (Sec. 201).
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Defines “electronic nicotine delivery system” as a tobacco product that is an electrical device which delivers nicotine, flavor, or another substance via an aerosolized solution to the user inhaling from the device and any component, liquid, part, or accessory of such a device, including e-cigarettes, e-hookah, e-cigars, vape pens, advanced refillable personal vaporizers, and electronic pipes (Sec. 201).
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Prohibits a tobacco product that is not an electronic nicotine delivery system from containing an additive of an artificial or natural flavor that characterizes the flavor of the tobacco product, including menthol, mint, mango, strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry, or coffee (Sec. 103).
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Exempts cigars from pre-market review if the cigar (Sec. 108):
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Is wrapped in whole tobacco leaf;
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Contains a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder;
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Contains primarily long filler tobacco;
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Does not have a characterizing flavor other than tobacco;
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Weighs more than 6 pounds per 100 units; and
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Has no filter, tip, or non-tobacco mouthpiece.
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Establishes an excise tax on nicotine manufactured in or imported into the United States and used in vaping (Sec. 501).
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Requires the US Comptroller General to complete a study and submit its results to Congress on (Sec. 402):
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The relationship of e-cigarettes to tobacco cessation;
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The preception of the harmful effects of e-cigarettes; and
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The effects of secondhand exposure to smoke from e-cigarettes.
Title: Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA - D)
- Joyce Beatty (OH - D)
- Ami Bera (CA - D)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE - D)
- Suzanne Bonamici (OR - D)
- Julia A. Brownley (CA - D)
- André D. Carson (IN - D)
- Matthew Alton 'Matt' Cartwright (PA - D)
- Edward E. 'Ed' Case (HI - D)
- Sean Casten (IL - D)
- Joaquin Castro (TX - D)
- Judy M. Chu (CA - D)
- David N. Cicilline (RI - D)
- Gilbert 'Gil' Cisneros (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- William Lacy Clay Jr. (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Stephen Ira 'Steve' Cohen (TN - D)
- T. J. Cox (CA - L) (Out Of Office)
- Angela Dawn 'Angie' Craig (MN - D)
- Elijah E. Cummings (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Susan A. Davis (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Danny K. Davis (IL - D)
- Madeleine Dean (PA - D)
- Valdez Butler 'Val' Demings (FL - D)
- Mark J. DeSaulnier (CA - D)
- Theodore Elliot 'Ted' Deutch (FL - D)
- Debbie Insley Dingell (MI - D)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Adriano Espaillat (NY - D)
- Dwight Evans (PA - D)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (PA - R)
- Bill Foster (IL - D)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (TX - D)
- Jesus G. 'Chuy' Garcia (IL - D)
- Jimmy Gomez (CA - D)
- Joshua S. 'Josh' Gottheimer (NJ - D)
- Raul M. Grijalva (AZ - D)
- Debra A. 'Deb' Haaland (NM - D)
- Alcee L. 'Judge' Hastings Sr. (FL - D)
- Jahana Hayes (CT - D)
- Denny Heck (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Katie Hill (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
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- Jared William Huffman (CA - D)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX - D)
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- Joseph Patrick 'Joe' Kennedy III (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ro Khanna (CA - D)
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- Derek Kilmer (WA - D)
- Andy Kim (NJ - D)
- Peter T. 'Pete' King (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
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- Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL - D)
- Ann McLane 'Annie' Kuster (NH - D)
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- Richard Ray 'Rick' Larsen (WA - D)
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- Brenda L. Lawrence (MI - D)
- Alfred 'Al' Lawson Jr. (FL - D)
- Barbara J. Lee (CA - D)
- Andy Levin (MI - D)
- Mike Levin (CA - D)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ted W. Lieu (CA - D)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA - D)
- Nita M. Lowey (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ben Ray Lujan Jr. (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
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- Lucy McBath (GA - D)
- Betty Louise McCollum (MN - D)
- Gerald 'Jerry' McNerney (CA - D)
- Grace Meng (NY - D)
- Gwendolynne S. 'Gwen' Moore (WI - D)
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerrold Lewis 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Grace Flores Napolitano (CA - D)
- Joseph 'Joe' Neguse (CO - D)
- Donald W. Norcross (NJ - D)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC - D)
- Christopher 'Chris' Pappas (NH - D)
- Donald 'Don' Payne Jr. (NJ - D)
- Dean Phillips (MN - D)
- Chellie M. Pingree (ME - D)
- Stacey E. Plaskett (VI - D)
- Mark Pocan (WI - D)
- Katie Porter (CA - D)
- Ayanna S. Pressley (MA - D)
- Mike Quigley (IL - D)
- Jamie Ben Raskin (MD - D)
- Kathleen M. Rice (NY - D)
- Max N. Rose (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harley Rouda (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA - D)
- Raul Ruiz (CA - D)
- Bobby L. Rush (IL - D)
- Timothy J. 'Tim' Ryan (OH - D)
- Linda T. Sánchez (CA - D)
- John P. Sarbanes (MD - D)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (PA - D)
- Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky (IL - D)
- Kim Schrier (WA - D)
- José E. Serrano (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Terrycina A. 'Terri' Sewell (AL - D)
- Donna E. Shalala (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Elissa Slotkin (MI - D)
- Darren Michael Soto (FL - D)
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline 'Jackie' Speier (CA - D)
- Haley Stevens (MI - D)
- Thomas R. 'Tom' Suozzi (NY - D)
- Eric Michael Swalwell (CA - D)
- Mark Allan Takano (CA - D)
- Bennie G. Thompson (MS - D)
- Michael C. 'Mike' Thompson (CA - D)
- Rashida Tlaib (MI - D)
- Paul D. Tonko (NY - D)
- David J. Trone (MD - D)
- Lauren A. Underwood (IL - D)
- Juan C. Vargas (CA - D)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL - D)
- Maxine Waters (CA - D)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ - D)