VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

H.R. 1136 · 115th Congress

FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

TCR ColeSponsor
93 cosponsors · 10 D, 83 R
SBD Bishop BHR Huizenga MMR Mullin SSR Stivers MTR Thornberry CCR Collins GHR Holding AKR Kinzinger HRR Rogers KYR Yoder MAR Amodei FSR Sensenbrenner SWR Womack BWR Westerman MBR Bishop CFR Fleischmann BGR Guthrie TMR Murphy DBR Brat ASR Smith WCD Clay AHR Harris MKR Kelly CCR Curbelo FRR Rooney RHR Hudson BLR Long JMR Moolenaar MCR Coffman TGR Graves DVR Valadao DBR Bacon CPD Peterson JSR Shimkus RBR Blum JCD Costa HCD Cuellar HGR Griffith CHR Higgins WJR Jones JRR Rutherford STR Tipton TER Emmer SPR Perry RPR Pittenger SPD Peters MSR Sanford TWR Walberg ABR Barr JHR Hill SPR Palazzo TBR Budd JDR Duncan MMR Meadows JDR Duncan MDR Diaz-Balart MWR Walker LBR Barletta DDR Donovan BGR Goodlatte BJR Johnson KSD Schrader BBR Byrne JFR Fortenberry BFR Flores SKR King DRR Rouzer KSD Sinema BTD Thompson STR Taylor LSR Smith DYR Young TRR Rooney RDR DeSantis MGR Gaetz DNR Nunes PMR Mitchell GTR Thompson SDR DesJarlais TMR Marino ESR Stefanik DCR Collins VFR Foxx POR Olson JDR Denham TYR Yoho RCR Costello RWR Woodall TOD O’Halleran GGR Gianforte TGR Garrett LSR Smucker RWR Wittman

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to: (1) revise premarket review and reporting requirements for products newly deemed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be tobacco products; and (2) grant the FDA the authority to regulate vapor products, which include products that produce vapor with nicotine (e.g., e-cigarettes)…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 16, 2017

FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017

This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to: (1) revise premarket review and reporting requirements for products newly deemed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be tobacco products; and (2) grant the FDA the authority to regulate vapor products, which include products that produce vapor with nicotine (e.g., e-cigarettes) and nicotine intended to be used with such a product (e.g., nicotine cartridges).

A product is not subject to premarket review by the FDA if it is marketed before it is deemed a tobacco product.

The bill delays deadlines for reports to the FDA on products similar to a marketed product that are introduced to market less than 21 months after that type of product is deemed a tobacco product.

The bill grants the FDA regulatory authority over vapor products that is in addition to the FDA's existing authority to regulate vapor products as tobacco products.

Provisions of the FFDCA applicable to tobacco product components also apply to vapor product batteries. The FDA must establish standards for vapor product batteries. Vapor products first marketed not later than 24 months after enactment of this bill are not subject to premarket review or reporting requirements based on changes to the product's battery to conform to standards.

Vapor products may not be advertised in publications, except publications with adult readership.

Vapor products may be sold only face-to-face, through vending machines in facilities where only adults are permitted, or by mail order.

Vapor products must be labeled with their nicotine content and specified phrases.

Retailers of vapor products must register with the FDA.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017

Latest action (Feb 17, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 16, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.