Introduced in House

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5986 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5986

  To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to destroy 
 adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for 
                                import.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2025

 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to destroy 
 adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for 
                                import.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring the Necessary Destruction 
of Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act'' or the ``END Illicit Chinese Tobacco 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESTRUCTION OF ADULTERATED, MISBRANDED, OR COUNTERFEIT TOBACCO 
              PRODUCTS OFFERED FOR IMPORT.

    (a) In General.--Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``or counterfeit 
        device'' and inserting ``, counterfeit device, or counterfeit 
        tobacco product (as defined in section 900)''; and
            (2) by striking ``drug or device'' each place it appears in 
        the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences and inserting 
        ``drug, device, or tobacco product''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
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