US Congress House Bill 1642 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of State to take various actions to combat the illicit tobacco trade. The State Department shall determine whether each foreign country is a major source, point of transit, or consumer of illicit tobacco products or their precursors. If a country meets this criteria and its government is actively engaging in or knowingly profiting from the illicit tobacco trade, it shall be designated as a country of concern. If a country meets this criteria but its government is not implicated in the illicit tobacco trade, it shall be designated as a focus country. The State Department may provide focus countries with law-enforcement training and assistance to build customs and border-security capacity. The State Department may not provide development assistance or security assistance to countries of concern, with an exception for U.S. national security interests. The President may impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who are responsible for or have materially assisted in the illicit tobacco trade. The President shall annually report to Congress as to sanctions imposed under this bill.

Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]
Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Guest [R-MS]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-03-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2019-03-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2019-03-08	House	Introduced in House

SB1965 (Same As) 2019-06-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1642/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1642/BILLS-116hr1642ih.pdf