legislation: 96-hr-5504

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96-hr-5504 96 hr 5504 Cigarette Safety Act Environmental Protection 1979-10-05 1979-10-05 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] MA D M000834 19 Cigarette Safety Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe regulations to ensure that any cigarette or little cigar will stop burning within five minutes if it is not smoked during that time, effective January 1, 1981. Prohibits the manufacture of cigarettes or little cigars which are not in accord with such regulations. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations. Gives jurisdiction to U.S. district courts to restrain such violations. Exempts from such regulations cigarettes and little cigars manufactured for export or for consumption beyond the jurisdiction of internal revenue laws (except for those manufactured for sale or distribution to the U.S. Armed Forces). 2025-09-02T13:53:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/5504

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