H.R. 6844

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6844 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6844

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require codes on 
the labels of tobacco products for the purpose of tracking or tracing 
the tobacco product through the distribution system.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 18, 2025

Mr. Conaway (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Ms. Norton) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require codes on 
the labels of tobacco products for the purpose of tracking or tracing 
the tobacco product through the distribution system.

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 ``Tobacco Tracking, Reporting, and 
Accountability for Compliance in Enforcement Act'' or the ``Tobacco 
TRACE Act''.

SEC. 2. TOBACCO PRODUCT CODES FOR TRACKING OR TRACING.

Section 920(b)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 387t(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``The Secretary may'' and 
inserting ``Beginning not later than June 1, 2026, the Secretary 
shall''.
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