H.R. 144106th CongressHouse Bill

Youth Tobacco Possession Prevention Act

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Youth Tobacco Possession Prevention Act - Awards a State five additional points for each application to the Department of Health and Human Services for a competitive health-related grant if, before 2005, it enacts and implements a law prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18. Specifies penalties for possession (including fines, completion of a tobacco education or cessation program, tobacco-related community service, and driver's license suspension), sale, or distribution, increasing penalties for repeated offenses. Mandates parental notification.

Introduced Jan 6, 1999
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Gene Green

Democrat

U.S. Representative · TX-29

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

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