Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008

To reduce youth usage of tobacco products, to enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors, and for other purposes.

2/28/2008--Introduced.
Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth conditions for the receipt by states of federal substance abuse prevention and treatment grants. Requires such states to:
(1) prohibit a minor from purchasing or receiving a tobacco product or possessing a tobacco product in a public place; and
(2) require law enforcement agencies to notify a minor's parent, custodian, or guardian whose name and address is reasonably ascertainable of any such violation. Requires such states to require any person engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products at retail to implement a program to:
(1) notify its employees that state law prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors and the purchase, receipt, or possession in a public place of a tobacco product by a minor; and
(2) ensure compliance with such law. Directs such states to provide for a civil monetary penalty or community service for violations.
Requires such states to have established goals for reducing the rate of retailer violations. Allows states to use minors to test compliance under certain conditions. Directs such states to certify expenditure of more than 10% of the funds paid to the state as part of the comprehensive settlement of November 1998 against tobacco manufacturers on health programs, tobacco control and cessation activities, or economic development for tobacco regions.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide assistance to states in developing, enacting, and implementing such laws and in setting goals, including by developing model legislative language.


... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

Sponsor

• Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
• and 14 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6]
  • Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5]
  • Rep. Tom Feeney [R, FL-24]
  • Rep. Virginia Foxx [R, NC-5]
  • Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R, NC-10]
  • Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
  • Rep. Jean Schmidt [R, OH-2]
  • Rep. Peter Sessions [R, TX-32]
  • Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
  close

Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  close

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.5513

Number	Status	Purpose

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget (Close help)

OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 28, 2008

Show All Actions (3 actions)Hide Actions

All Bill Actions

• Feb 28, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Feb 28, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Feb 28, 2008.

---

In the News

We are not currently finding any news articles on this topic using our daily automated search of Google News. However, if you know of a relevant news article to display here, OpenCongress site editors have the ability to add it manually. Simply e-mail us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: We'll post relevant links as quickly as possible. Also, if this topic is important to you, you could write a letter to the editor -- if a news article refers this specific topic by name, a link to that news article is likely to appear here soon.

Blog Coverage

March 30, 2008 OH-02 GOP Jean Schmidt: As If America's Cops Weren't Already Busy ...

CINCINNATI (TDB) -- US Rep. Jean Schmidt is co-sponsoring the inaptly named "Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008." But if HR 5513 ever becomes law, the conservative Repub...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Bellwether

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

February 27, 2008 HR 5513, To reduce youth usage of tobacco products, to enhance ...

HR 5513 would reduce youth usage of tobacco products and it would enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: washingtonwatch.com - Welcome to washingtonwatc...

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See most useful blog posts

Information made available by: