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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.

H.J.Res. 99 Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL-19) In committee
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  1. Introduced Nov 9
  2. Committee Nov 9
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
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In committee, Nov 9, 2023Next: House vote
1083d ago Nov 10, 2023: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Summary

This joint resolution amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt premium cigars from the definition of a tobacco product, thereby removing them from certain FDA regulations. Section 1, Exemption of premium cigars from certain tobacco regulation in Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: It adds a new paragraph to the definition of 'tobacco product' in the Act, stating that the term does not include a premium cigar. A premium cigar is defined as a cigar that is wrapped in whole tobacco leaf, contains a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder, at least 50 percent long filler tobacco by weight, is handmade or hand rolled with no machinery beyond simple tools like scissors, has no filter, nontobacco tip, or nontobacco mouthpiece, has no characterizing flavor other than tobacco, contains only tobacco, water, and vegetable gum with no other ingredients or additives, and weighs more than 6 pounds per 1,000 units.

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