Access Candidates' and Representatives' Biographies, Voting Records, Interest Group Ratings, Issue Positions, Public Statements, and Campaign Finances

Simply enter your zip code above to get to all of your candidates and representatives, or enter a name. Then, just click on the person you are interested in, and you can navigate to the categories of information we track for them.

[x] close
Party first, country second? Who are these people?
Project Vote Smart: where conservatives and liberals join together to defend our right to the truth.
Print

Key Votes

National Key Votes

HR 1256 - FDA Oversight of Tobacco Products - Key Vote

Ron Paul voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.

Read recent statements Ron Paul made in this general time period.

Stages

Family

Issues

Stage Details

Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 23, 2009

Full Bill Text
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) - June 12, 2009

Full Bill Text
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - June 11, 2009 (Key vote)

Title: FDA Oversight of Tobacco Products

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that gives the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products.

Highlight: -Grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to regulate tobacco products (Sec. 101). -Requires tobacco manufacturers to submit a complete list of ingredients, additives, and components of all tobacco products within six months, and to also notify the FDA of any subsequent changes (Sec. 101). -Requires tobacco manufacturers to submit all product and marketing research, including any data pertaining to the health risks associated with tobacco use, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Sec. 101). -Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually publish an easy-to-understand report on the harmful ingredients in every tobacco product (Sec. 101). - Requires all owners and operators of companies manufacturing or processing tobacco products to register with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to be inspected once every two years (Sec. 101). -Prohibits the use of spicy, fruity, or other natural or artificial flavors (except menthol and tobacco) in cigarettes (Sec. 101). -Prohibits the FDA from banning existing tobacco products or requiring that they eliminate nicotine (Sec. 101). -Bans companies from promoting products as lower-risk alternatives to traditional tobacco unless the FDA certifies that its sale is likely to improve public health (Sec. 101). -Allows the Food and Drug Administration to collect quarterly fees from tobacco manufacturers for the purpose of funding tobacco regulation activities (Sec. 101). -Orders a study on the public health implications of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco (Sec. 104). -Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create a plan relating to enforce restrictions on the advertising and promotion of menthol and other cigarettes to minors (Sec. 105). -Specifies warning label requirements for tobacco products and advertisements, including location, label size, font size, and color (Sec. 201, 204).

See The Voting Record
Full Bill Text
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - April 2, 2009 (Key vote)

Title: FDA Oversight of Tobacco Products

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that gives the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products.

Highlight: -Grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate tobacco products (Sec. 101). -Requires tobacco product manufacturers to disclose all ingredients in its products, the form and delivery method of nicotine, and any research into the health, toxicological, behavioral, or physiologic effects of tobacco products to the FDA and notify the FDA of any future changes to any of the above (Sec. 101). -Requires tobacco manufacturers to release all marketing research documents to the FDA (Sec. 101). -Requires tobacco manufacturers to notify the FDA of any future changes to the ingredients of their products (Sec. 101). -Requires all owners and operators of companies manufacturing or processing tobacco products to register with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to be inspected once every two years (Sec. 101). -Prohibits the FDA from banning existing tobacco products or requiring that they eliminate nicotine (Sec. 101). -Requires FDA review of new tobacco products before they can go to market unless they are similar to products marketed before February 15, 2007 (Sec. 101). -Bans companies from promoting products as lower-risk alternatives to traditional tobacco unless the FDA certifies that its sale is likely to improve public health (Sec. 101). -Establishes a mechanism to assess fees on tobacco companies and traders to finance FDA oversight of the industry (Sec. 101). -Orders a study on the public health implications of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products (Sec. 104). -Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create a plan relating to enforce restrictions on the advertising and promotion of menthol and other cigarettes to minors (Sec. 105). -Mandates larger, more varied, and more prominent warning labels on tobacco products (Secs. 201, 204).

See The Voting Record
Full Bill Text
Legislation - Introduced (House) - March 3, 2009

Title: FDA Oversight of Tobacco Products


Full Bill Text

Sponsors

Co-sponsors

About Project Vote Smart

Help Us If You Can

Media & Communications

Education

For Candidates

One Common Ground, Philipsburg, MT 59858 Hotline: 888-Vote-Smart (888-868-3762)
All content © 2002 - 2012 Project Vote Smart unless otherwise attributed - Legislative demographic data provided by Aristotle International, Inc.

Back to top