H.R.1256 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. view all titles (17)

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  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. as introduced.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as introduced.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as reported to house.
  • Short: District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2009 as reported to house.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as passed house.
  • Short: Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Official: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes. as amended by house.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 as passed senate.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as passed senate.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as enacted.
  • Short: Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 as enacted.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as enacted.
  • Official: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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08/23/10
Family Smoking Prevention and Toba...

... essentially change the way the United States regulates tobacco, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Con...

Source: Sentinel-Standard
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08/17/10
FDA Mulling Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

... JD, general counsel, American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC; HR 1256: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Nationa...

Source: MSN Health & Fitness
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06/24/10
FDA attempts to douse industry eff...

... finally went into effect Tuesday, June 22, 2010, as part of the larger law, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (F...

Source: Gather.com
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03/20/10
RE: H.R.1256

Beginning on June 22, 2010, the FDA will begin enforcing the new anti-tobacco rule--HR 1256. We (that is, all US citizens) need to make ...

Source: iTWire
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01/04/10
Congress Has Used Ping-Pong Strate...

... and rarely did such a maneuver engender howls of protest. * HR 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - signed into...

Source: AlterNet
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09/15/09
College now in compliance with sta...

The Senate overwhelmingly approved HR 1256 by a vote of 79 to 17. As of Sept. 22 it will allow the FDA to not only regulate ingredients u...

Source: Clarion Online - Glendora (subscription)
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08/26/09
Budget office predicts hiring refo...

The provision was tucked in a larger bill, HR 1256, which gave the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate the tobacco industr...

Source: GovExec.com
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08/17/09
TSP reforms boost enrollment

The TSP moved to implement automatic contributions after legislation passed in June (HR 1256) to modify certain plan programs. Gregory Lo...

Source: Nextgov
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06/24/09
Congress taking steps to protect p...

As a co-sponsor of the Family, Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, HR 1256, I believe that this is one of the most important publ...

Source: Cumberland Times-News
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06/22/09
RE: H.R.1256

By admin - Posted on June 23rd, 2009 Today, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (HR 1256) markin...

Source: All American Patriots (press release)
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03/29/11
Overview - OpenCongress

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03/11/11
Kretek From | Smoking With Abe

You speak Tobacco Prevention Family and snuff Control Act. Is it to prevent children from being trapped. http://www.opencongress.org/bill...

Source: admin
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12/24/10
HR 1256 Family Smoking Prevention ...

House Chamber, Washington, DC April 2, 2009 M. Speaker: Today this house passed HR 1256, which takes tobacco regulation to a.

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12/21/10
LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE 111TH CO...

Signed into law on June 22, 2009 – See H.R. 1256. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 P.L.111-32 & P.L.111-47. Signed into law on June ...

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12/14/10
New Tobacco Warning Labels on the Way

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (also known as HR 1256) went into effect last summer. The law basically gives the F...

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12/02/10
Our Stories

... Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 · H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act · H.R.2454 American C...

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11/29/10
S.3981: Unemployment Insurance Sta...

S.773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 · H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act · H.R.2749 Food Safety Enhancement Act · S.3...

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11/23/10
SMOKING MARIJUANA

The Family Smoking Prevention as great as Tobacco Control Act, HR 1256 is the United States sovereign law gives the Food as great as Drug...

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11/22/10
Salud y libertades: Las advertenci...

Sheeple Por Jeff Jacoby. Ideas - Libertad Digital, Madrid. Cualquier persona en sus cabales sabe que fumar no es saludable. Los cigarrill...

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11/22/10
REFUGIO LIBERAL: Las advertencias ...

Cualquier persona en sus cabales sabe que fumar no es saludable. Los cigarrillos han sido denominados "clavos de ataúd" al menos desde la...

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