U.S. Congress - H.R.1639 Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
H.R.1639 - Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 view all titles (3)
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- Official: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Short: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Official: 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. as introduced.
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Official Summary
4/15/2011--Introduced.Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tOfficial Summary
4/15/2011--Introduced.Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt 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....Read the Rest
Organizations Supporting H.R.1639
- Cigar Rights of America
- International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association
Organizations Opposing H.R.1639
- American Dental Association
Recent News Coverage
Best Cigar Prices Discusses H.R. 1639 and S. 1461
DRUMS, Pa., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- H.R. 1639 and S. 1461 are an effort to protect the cigar industry from unfair and unwarranted regulation by the US Food and Drug Administration. Both H.R. 1639 and S. 1461 reiterate the points that the ...
Ipso Facto PR
U.S. Representative Fred Upton, R-Michigan and the Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, became a co-sponsor of H.R. 1639 -- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, an important member of Senate with seats on the Appropriations ...
Jolly Good Smoke
Wolk stated, “and we would have to close down too.” Wolk and his fellow tobacco artist won’t go down without a fight, however, and as such have proposed a counter-measure: H.R. 1639. For the first time in history, H.R. 1639 would attempt ...
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CRA Action Alert! | The Cigar Nut
H.R. 1639 has been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives; and a companion bill, Senate Bill 1461, has been filed in the Senate. Both are filed under the banner of the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business ...
Letter by Anti-Tobacco Organizations to Congress is Wrong, Says ...
Contrary to the claims of these organizations, H.R. 1639, also known as The Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011, does not exempt cigarettes or any of the other machine-made tobacco products ...
Letter by Anti-Tobacco Organizations to Congress is Wrong, Says ...
Contrary to the claims of these organizations, H.R. 1639, also known as The Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011, does not exempt cigarettes or any of the other machine-made tobacco products ...
Latest Letters to Congress
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H.R.1639 Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
perrybarnett
May 30, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Alabama. I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Alabama. I support H.R.1639 - Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
perry barnett -
H.R.1639 Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
wowsley
September 28, 2011
I am writing as your constituent in the 4th Congressional district of Colorado. I support H.R.1639 - Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 and I hope you'll take action to support this bill. This bill currently has 67 sponsors in the House of Representatives and 3 sponsors in the Senate version (S 1461), on both sides of the isle. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue, I believe this is an American issue.
The way the law is currently writte... -
H.R.1639 Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
DPW
September 10, 2011
I am writing as your constituent in the 7th Congressional district of Arizona. I support H.R.1639 - Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
Carrie Gleason
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