Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6845
S.T.O.P. Illicit Vapes Act
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Introduced 2025-12-18Topic: public health · criminal justiceSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would create a federal task force, starting 30 days after it becomes law, to address the illegal importation, distribution, and sale of e-cigarettes. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services would co-chair it, with members from agencies including the FDA, Customs and Border Protection, ATF, FBI, Postal Inspection Service, and Federal Trade Commission. The task force would build a strategy to reduce unauthorized e-cigarettes on the market and would meet at least once every 30 days. It would report to Congress twice a year on enforcement actions and recommendations for new authorities. The task force would end 10 years after it is set up.
Sponsors
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. Democrat sponsor
- 10 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-18 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-18 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-12-18 | Introduced in House | introduce |