H.R. 5986

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5986 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5986 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2025 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act'' or the ``END Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act''. SEC. 2. DESTRUCTION OF ADULTERATED, MISBRANDED, OR COUNTERFEIT TOBACCO PRODUCTS OFFERED FOR IMPORT. (a) In General.--Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended-- (1) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``or counterfeit device'' and inserting ``, counterfeit device, or counterfeit tobacco product (as defined in section 900)''; and (2) by striking ``drug or device'' each place it appears in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences and inserting ``drug, device, or tobacco product''. (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. <all>