Title: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 564 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 564

 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food 
 and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, 
    and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, 
   manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2017

 Mr. Posey (for himself, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
Yoder, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
 Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Knight, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Diaz-
 Balart, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Walker, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Holding, Mr. 
 Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cole, Mr. Harris, Mr. Ross, Mr. Schrader, 
Mr. Barletta, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
Hudson, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Emmer, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Titus, Mr. Curbelo of 
Florida, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Mast, Mr. 
 Brat, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. Denham) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food 
 and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, 
    and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, 
   manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and 
Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO PREMIUM CIGARS.

    (a) Exception for Traditional Large and Premium Cigars.--Section 
901(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by inserting ``for 
        certain tobacco leaf'' after ``authority''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Limitation of authority for certain cigars.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The provisions of this chapter 
                (except for section 907(d)(3)) shall not apply to 
                traditional large and premium cigars.
                    ``(B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
                chapter shall be construed to grant the Secretary 
                authority to promulgate regulations on any matter that 
                involves traditional large and premium cigars.
                    ``(C) Traditional large and premium cigar 
                defined.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
                `traditional large and premium cigar'--
                            ``(i) means any roll of tobacco that is 
                        wrapped in 100 percent leaf tobacco, bunched 
                        with 100 percent tobacco filler, contains no 
                        filter, tip or non-tobacco mouthpiece, weighs 
                        at least 6 pounds per 1,000 count, and--
                                    ``(I) has a 100 percent leaf 
                                tobacco binder and is hand rolled;
                                    ``(II) has a 100 percent leaf 
                                tobacco binder and is made using human 
                                hands to lay the leaf tobacco wrapper 
                                or binder onto only one machine that 
                                bunches, wraps, and caps each 
                                individual cigar; or
                                    ``(III) has a homogenized tobacco 
                                leaf binder and is made in the United 
                                States using human hands to lay the 100 
                                percent leaf tobacco wrapper onto only 
                                one machine that bunches, wraps, and 
                                caps each individual cigar; and
                            ``(ii) does not include a cigarette (as 
                        such term is defined by section 900(3)) or a 
                        little cigar (as such term is defined by 
                        section 900(11)).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 919(b) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387s(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by inserting ``, but 
        excluding traditional large and premium cigars (as such term is 
        defined under section 901(c)(3))'' before the period; and
            (2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ``subject to section 
        901(c)(3),'' before ``if a user fee''.
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