Cigarette Safety Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 17, 1981)
Cigarette Safety Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate, within 24 months, final performance standards for cigarettes and little cigars ensuring a minimum capacity for igniting smoldering fabric fires.
Authorizes the Commission to prohibit manufacturers from stockpiling such products to which such standards apply.
Provides for judicial review of such standards in an appropriate U.S. court of appeals.
Declares such cigarette safety standards to be subject to all remedial and penalty provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act for the first three fiscal years beginning after enactment.
What just happenedFeb 23, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Feb 23, 1981CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 23, 1981CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunication, Consumer Protection and Finance.
Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee - Feb 17, 1981IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 17, 1981IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 17, 1981IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House