Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1854
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2019-03-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill exempts 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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1854 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 25, 2019 Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself, Mr. Posey , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Luetkemeyer , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Holding , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Crist , Mr. Calvert , Ms. Titus , Mr. Budd , Mr. Rooney of Florida , Mr. Young , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Emmer , Mr. Sensenbrenner , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Harris , Mr. Womack , Mr. Mast , Mr. Hunter , Mr. Williams , Mr. Turner , Mrs. Murphy , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Babin , Mr. Huizenga , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , and Mr. Hagedorn ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019 . 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, flavor additive, 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; or (II) 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 .