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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
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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, manufac-
turing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 3, 2019
Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. COTTON, Mr.
MENENDEZ, and Mrs. ERNST) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traditional Cigar Man-
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ufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of
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2019’’.
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO
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PREMIUM CIGARS.
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(a) EXCEPTION FOR TRADITIONAL LARGE AND PRE-
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MIUM CIGARS.—Section 901(c) of the Federal Food,
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Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(c)) is amend-
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ed—
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(1) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by insert-
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ing ‘‘FOR CERTAIN TOBACCO LEAF’’ after ‘‘AUTHOR-
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ITY’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN
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CIGARS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this
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chapter (except for section 907(d)(3)) shall not
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apply to traditional large and premium cigars.
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‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing
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in this chapter shall be construed to grant the
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Secretary authority to promulgate regulations
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on any matter that involves traditional large
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and premium cigars.
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‘‘(C) TRADITIONAL LARGE AND PREMIUM
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CIGAR DEFINED.—For purposes of this para-
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graph, the term ‘traditional large and premium
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cigar’—
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‘‘(i) means any roll of tobacco that is
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wrapped in 100-percent leaf tobacco,
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bunched with 100-percent tobacco filler,
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contains no filter, tip or non-tobacco
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mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per
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1,000 count, and—
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‘‘(I) has a 100-percent leaf to-
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bacco binder and is hand rolled;
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‘‘(II) has a 100-percent leaf to-
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bacco binder and is made using
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human hands to lay the leaf tobacco
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wrapper or binder onto only one ma-
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chine that bunches, wraps, and caps
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each individual cigar; or
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‘‘(III) has a homogenized tobacco
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leaf binder and is made in the United
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States using human hands to lay the
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100-percent leaf tobacco wrapper onto
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only
one
machine
that
bunches,
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wraps, and caps each individual cigar;
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and
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‘‘(ii) does not include a cigarette (as
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such term is defined by section 900(3)) or
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a little cigar (as such term is defined by
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section 900(11)).’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 919(b) of
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the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
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387s(b)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by inserting ‘‘,
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but excluding traditional large and premium cigars
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(as such term is defined under section 901(c)(3))’’
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before the period; and
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(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘subject to
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section 901(c)(3),’’ before ‘‘if a user fee’’.
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