H.R.1108: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

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Bill Cosponsors

234 (193 Democrats, 42 Republicans)

Bill Summary

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Title I: Authority of the Food and Drug Administration - (Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to provide for the regulation of tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Defines a tobacco product as any product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption. Prohibits a...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 9 .
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 12.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-762.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.
Mr. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1108.
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Barton (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Considered as unfinished business.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 326 - 102 (Roll no. 542).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 15, 2007

Introduced in the House by Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

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