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US HR2339

US HR2339
Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020


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Introduced
04/18/2019
In Committee
11/19/2019
Crossed Over
03/02/2020
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 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 flavors other than tobacco in a tobacco product; 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 nicotine not made or derived from tobacco plants (including nicotine from chemical synthesis, recombinant genetic technology, or extraction from non-tobacco plants); imposes an excise tax on nicotine that has been extracted, concentrated, or synthesized; provides funding through FY2025 to support public education regarding tobacco regulation, public awareness regarding the harms associated with tobacco use, outreach to medically underserved communities regarding tobacco-use prevention and cessation, research grants related to tobacco-use prevention and cessation, and grants to health centers for tobacco-use cessation treatment; establishes and provides funding through FY2025 for a demonstration grant program to develop strategies for smoking cessation (including of the use of menthol-flavored tobacco products) in medically underserved communities; beginning in 2024, waives coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal-cancer screening tests; specifies that a health insurance plan may still be treated, for certain tax-deduction purposes, as a high-deductible plan even if it does not have a deductible for certain inhalers or nebulizers; exempts certain cigars from premarket review requirements; increases civil penalties for certain violations of restrictions on the sale of tobacco products; and requires the Government Accountability Office to study e-cigarettes.

AI Summary

This bill revises requirements related to the safety, sale, and advertisement of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes). It requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement regulations on tobacco product labeling and flavors, prohibits remote retail sales of tobacco products, increases user fees on tobacco manufacturers and importers, regulates products containing alternative nicotine, provides funding for public education and smoking cessation programs, increases civil penalties for certain sales violations, and imposes an excise tax on nicotine. The bill also makes changes related to Medicare coverage of colorectal cancer screenings and high-deductible health plans covering certain inhalers.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (127)

Frank Pallone (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Ami Bera (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  André Carson (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Ed Case (D),  Sean Casten (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Susan Davis (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Val Demings (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Bill Foster (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Josh Gottheimer (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Katie Hill (D),  Chrissy Houlahan (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Andy Kim (D),  Peter King (R),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  James Langevin (D),  Rick Larsen (D),  John Larson (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Mike Levin (D),  John Lewis (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Nita Lowey (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Tom Malinowski (D),  Sean Maloney (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Lucy McBath (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Donald Norcross (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Chris Pappas (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Dean Phillips (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Stacey Plaskett (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Katie Porter (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Max Rose (D),  Harley Rouda (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Raul Ruiz (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Kim Schrier (D),  José Serrano (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Donna Shalala (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Haley Stevens (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Mike Thompson (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  David Trone (D),  Lauren Underwood (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D), 

Last Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 03/02/2020)

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