Tobacco Livelihood and Economic Assistance for our Farmers Act

Bill: 108-hr-140
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Acreage allotments
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advertising
Agricultural credit
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture in foreign trade
Arts, Culture, Religion
Billboards
Business records
Carbon monoxide
Cigarettes
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional powers
Crop insurance
Deceptive advertising
Defective products
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Families
Farm production quotas
Federal advisory bodies
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Health warnings
Identification devices
Imports
Intellectual property
Interstate compacts
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Local laws
Mail-order business
Marketing of farm produce
Marketing orders
Mass media
Mass rapid transit
Medical records
Medical research
Motion pictures
Music
Newspapers
Nicotine
Outdoor advertising
Packaging
Performing arts
Periodicals
Product development
Product safety
Products liability
Public health
Quality control
Quality of products
Research
Retail trade
Sales promotion
Science, Technology, Communications
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Smoking and youth
State laws
Storage
Technological innovations
Television advertising
Terminals (Transportation)
Theater
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Trademarks
Transportation and Public Works
User charges
Vending machines
Video games
Warning labels

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Tobacco Livelihood and Economic Assistance for Our Farmers Act - Amends, and repeals, specified agricultural Acts to eliminate tobacco quota and price support programs, including no net cost provisions. Sets forth transition provisions, including provision of compensation to eligible quota holders. Continues Federal crop insurance for tobacco producers.
Directs: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to establish in the Department of Agriculture the Tobacco Quality Board; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to assess fees on tobacco product manufacturers and importers that sell tobacco products in U.S. domestic commerce.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority to tobacco products, with exceptions for certain health-or disease treatment-related uses. Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) adulterated and misbranded tobacco products; (2) required health information; (3) registration and recordkeeping; (4) control of tobacco products; (5) performance standards; (6) remedies; (7) premarket review; (8) judicial review; (9) reduced risk tobacco products; (10) access and marketing restrictions; and (11) mandatory disclosures.
Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986, respectively, to revise cigarette and smokeless tobacco labeling and advertising warning provisions.
Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to direct the Secretary to determine whether cigarette labeling and advertising shall be required to provide tar, nicotine, and other smoke constituent information.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-02-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House