S. 625 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Medicine. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

S. 625 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
Other Titles
  • Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Sponsor
Edward Kennedy
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Medicine
  • Administrative procedure
  • Administrative remedies
  • Advertising
  • Agriculture
  • Budgets
  • Business
  • Business records
  • Cancer
  • Carcinogens
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Chemicals
  • Child health
  • Children
  • Cigarettes
  • Civil liberties
  • Communications
  • Congress
  • Congressional investigations
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional powers
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Consumer education
  • Consumers
  • Criminal justice
  • Damages
  • Deceptive advertising
  • Defective products
  • Dental care
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Disciplining of employees
  • Drug abuse
  • Drug abuse treatment
  • Drug adulteration
  • Drug approvals
  • Executive departments
  • Exports
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Federal advisory bodies
  • Federal preemption
  • Fines (Penalties)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Freedom of information
  • Government information
  • Government paperwork
  • Government publicity
  • Hazardous substances
  • Health policy
  • Health warnings
  • Herbs
  • Identification devices
  • Imports
  • Independent regulatory commissions
  • Intellectual property
  • Judicial review
  • Labeling
  • Labor
  • Law
  • Liability (Law)
  • Licenses
  • Local laws
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung diseases
  • Marketing
  • Medical care
  • Medical ethics
  • Medical records
  • Medical research
  • Mortality
  • New products
  • Nicotine
  • Packaging
  • Patients' rights
  • Pesticides
  • Pregnant women
  • Product counterfeiting
  • Product safety
  • Public health
  • Public service advertising
  • Quality control
  • Research and development
  • Restrictive trade practices
  • Retail trade
  • Right of privacy
  • Risk
  • Sales promotion
  • Science policy
  • Smokeless tobacco
  • Smoking
  • Smoking and youth
  • Smuggling
  • Spices
  • Standards
  • State and local government
  • State laws
  • Storage
  • Stroke
  • Surveys
  • Tax returns
  • Taxation
  • Technological innovations
  • Technology
  • Tobacco
  • Tobacco exports
  • Tobacco industry
  • Tobacco research
  • Trade
  • Trade regulation
  • Trade secrets
  • Trademarks
  • User charges
  • Warning labels
  • Women
  • Women's health
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced2/15/2007
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced2/15/2007
2/15/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2/15/2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2058-2059)
2/27/2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Put on a legislative calendar8/01/2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators within 30 days of the vote "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions." from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Health & welfare policy (split)

opposed this bill

Department, variety & convenience stores
Gasoline service stations
Health & welfare policy (split)
Date Range of Contributions
Within days of the vote "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions."
ContributorInterest groupAmountDatesort iconSenate memberPartyState
Bear, Lori MsDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0001/16/07Russell FeingoldDWI
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,5001/17/07Saxby ChamblissRGA
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0001/17/07Blanche LincolnDAR
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$4,0001/23/07Norm ColemanRMN
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$3,0001/23/07Mark PryorDAR
Target CorpDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,5002/5/07Charles GrassleyRIA
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,5002/5/07Max BaucusDMT
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,5002/5/07Thomas HarkinDIA
Wadsworth, James MrGasoline service stations$5002/7/07Jefferson SessionsRAL
National Assn of Convenience StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$5,0002/8/07Jefferson SessionsRAL
Hastam, SusanGasoline service stations$2,1002/9/07Bob CorkerRTN
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,5002/9/07Saxby ChamblissRGA
Pharmaceutical Care Management AssnHealth & welfare policy$2,0002/12/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Target CorpDepartment, variety & convenience stores$5,0002/12/07Amy KlobucharDMN
Target CorpDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,5002/12/07John ReedDRI
Lakin, KennethDepartment, variety & convenience stores$5002/13/07Norm ColemanRMN
Haslam, CristenGasoline service stations$2,3002/14/07Bob CorkerRTN
Haslam, WilliamGasoline service stations$2,3002/14/07Bob CorkerRTN
Haslam, William JrGasoline service stations$2,1002/14/07Bob CorkerRTN
National Assn of Convenience StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0002/15/07John CornynRTX
Taylor, Craig PGasoline service stations$5002/19/07Claire McCaskillDMO
Taylor, PaulGasoline service stations$2,0002/19/07Claire McCaskillDMO
Morgan, John LDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,3002/20/07Amy KlobucharDMN
Morgan, John LDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,3002/20/07Amy KlobucharDMN
Petroleum Marketers AssnGasoline service stations$1,0002/20/07Max BaucusDMT
Delaurentis, SusanHealth & welfare policy$1,0002/21/07Barbara BoxerDCA
Sinegal, JamesDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0002/21/07Max BaucusDMT
Siegel, MarkHealth & welfare policy$4,6002/22/07Norm ColemanRMN
Society of Indep Gasoline MarketersGasoline service stations$3,0002/22/07James InhofeROK
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0002/23/07Susan CollinsRME
Dillard, AlexDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,3002/26/07Mark PryorDAR
Dillard, AlexDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,3002/26/07Mark PryorDAR
Dillard, William IiDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,3002/26/07Mark PryorDAR
Dillard, William IiDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,3002/26/07Mark PryorDAR
National Assn of Convenience StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$5,0002/26/07Michael CrapoRID
National Assn of Convenience StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0002/26/07Charles GrassleyRIA
Pharmaceutical Care Management AssnHealth & welfare policy$2,0002/26/07Saxby ChamblissRGA
Rwj Fund for Health Care ExcellenceHealth & welfare policy$1,0002/26/07Robert MenéndezDNJ
Higginson, Sharon KDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2002/28/07Mitch McConnellRKY
National Assn of Convenience StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0002/28/07Mary LandrieuDLA
American Health Quality AssnHealth & welfare policy$1,0003/2/07Thomas HarkinDIA
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,0003/2/07Mary LandrieuDLA
Target CorpDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,5003/5/07John SununuRNH
Petroleum Marketers AssnGasoline service stations$1,0003/6/07Pete DomeniciRNM
American Aids PacHealth & welfare policy$2,5003/7/07Richard DurbinDIL
Childers, PeggyDepartment, variety & convenience stores$2,3003/7/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Childers, PeggyDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,7003/7/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Haslam, James a IiiGasoline service stations$2,3003/7/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Haslam, James a IiiGasoline service stations$2003/7/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Petroleum Marketers AssnGasoline service stations$5,0003/7/07James InhofeROK
Society of Indep Gasoline MarketersGasoline service stations$1,5003/7/07Mark PryorDAR
Siegel, MarkHealth & welfare policy$2,3003/8/07Norm ColemanRMN
Siegel, MarkHealth & welfare policy$-2,3003/8/07Norm ColemanRMN
National Assn of Convenience StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$5,0003/9/07James InhofeROK
Benollel, JoelDepartment, variety & convenience stores$1,0003/10/07Patty MurrayDWA
National Assn of Convenience StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$5,0003/13/07Mark PryorDAR
Ryan, Robert MrGasoline service stations$2003/13/07John IsaksonRGA
Kozlak, NicholasDepartment, variety & convenience stores$3003/15/07Norm ColemanRMN
Baughman, MollyGasoline service stations$1,3003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Baughman, MollyGasoline service stations$1,0003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Baughman, WilliamGasoline service stations$1,3003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Baughman, WilliamGasoline service stations$1,0003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Dodge, KarenDepartment, variety & convenience stores$5003/16/07Norm ColemanRMN
Kamer, ChrisGasoline service stations$1,3003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Kamer, ChrisGasoline service stations$1,0003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Kamer, MaryGasoline service stations$1,3003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Kamer, MaryGasoline service stations$1,0003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Thornton, MatthewGasoline service stations$1,9003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Thornton, MatthewGasoline service stations$2003/16/07Mitch McConnellRKY
Wal-Mart StoresDepartment, variety & convenience stores$-2,5003/16/07Thomas HarkinDIA
2 Organizations Supported and 3 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

2 organizations supported this bill

American Lung Association
(n.d.). Action Alert. Retrieved n.d., from .
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
(n.d.). Official Report. Retrieved n.d., from .

3 organizations opposed this bill

NACS
(n.d.). NACS opposition to Senate bill, neutral on house. Retrieved n.d., from .
National African American Tobacco Prevention Network
(n.d.). Statement of opposition. Retrieved n.d., from .
Petroleum Marketers Association of America
(n.d.). PMAA Letter of Opposition. Retrieved n.d., from .

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 16, 2007 – March 17, 2007.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org

Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$0
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$0
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0
Max BaucusDMT$0$4,500
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$0
Bob BennettRUT$0$0
Joe BidenDDE$0$0
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$0
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$0
Barbara BoxerDCA$0$0
Sherrod BrownDOH$0$0
Sam BrownbackRKS$0$0
Jim BunningRKY$0$0
Richard BurrRNC$0$0
Robert ByrdDWV$0$0
Maria CantwellDWA$0$0
Ben CardinDMD$0$0
Tom CarperDDE$0$0
Bob CaseyDPA$0$0
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$5,000
Hillary ClintonDNY$0$0
Tom CoburnROK$0$0
William Thad CochranRMS$0$0
Norm ColemanRMN$0$5,300
Susan CollinsRME$0$1,000
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
Bob CorkerRTN$0$8,800
John CornynRTX$0$1,000
Larry CraigRID$0$0
Mike CrapoRID$0$5,000
Jim DeMintRSC$0$0
Chris DoddDCT$0$0
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$0
Pete DomeniciRNM$0$1,000
Byron DorganDND$0$0
Dick DurbinDIL$0$0
John EnsignRNV$0$0
Mike EnziRWY$0$0
Russ FeingoldDWI$0$1,000
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$0
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$0
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$3,500
Judd GreggRNH$0$0
Chuck HagelRNE$0$0
Tom HarkinDIA$0$0
Orrin HatchRUT$0$0
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$0
Jim InhofeROK$0$13,000
Dan InouyeDHI$0$0
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$200
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$0
Ted KennedyDMA$0$0
John KerryDMA$0$0
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$9,600
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$0
Mary LandrieuDLA$0$3,000
Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$0
Patrick LeahyDVT$0$0
Carl LevinDMI$0$0
Joe LiebermanICT$0$0
Blanche LincolnDAR$0$1,000
Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0
Dick LugarRIN$0$0
Mel MartinezRFL$0$0
John McCainRAZ$0$0
Claire McCaskillDMO$0$2,500
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$0$18,000
Bob MenéndezDNJ$0$0
Barbara MikulskiDMD$0$0
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$0
Patty MurrayDWA$0$1,000
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$0
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$0$0
Barack ObamaDIL$0$0
Mark PryorDAR$0$18,700
John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$1,500
Harry ReidDNV$0$0
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$0
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$0
Ken SalazarDCO$0$0
Bernie SandersIVT$0$0
Chuck SchumerDNY$0$0
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$5,500
Richard ShelbyRAL$0$0
Gordon SmithROR$0$0
Olympia SnoweRME$0$0
Arlen SpecterDPA$0$0
Debbie StabenowDMI$0$0
Ted StevensRAK$0$0
John SununuRNH$0$2,500
Jon TesterDMT$0$0
Craig ThomasRWY$0$0
John ThuneRSD$0$0
David VitterRLA$0$0
George VoinovichROH$0$0
John WarnerRVA$0$0
Jim WebbDVA$0$0
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$0
Ron WydenDOR$0$0

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$0
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$0
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0
Max BaucusDMT$0$4,500
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$0
Bob BennettRUT$0$0
Joe BidenDDE$0$0
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$0
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$0
Barbara BoxerDCA$0$0
Sherrod BrownDOH$0$0
Sam BrownbackRKS$0$0
Jim BunningRKY$0$0
Richard BurrRNC$0$0
Robert ByrdDWV$0$0
Maria CantwellDWA$0$0
Ben CardinDMD$0$0
Tom CarperDDE$0$0
Bob CaseyDPA$0$0
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$5,000
Hillary ClintonDNY$0$0
Tom CoburnROK$0$0
William Thad CochranRMS$0$0
Norm ColemanRMN$0$5,300
Susan CollinsRME$0$1,000
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
Bob CorkerRTN$0$8,800
John CornynRTX$0$1,000
Larry CraigRID$0$0
Mike CrapoRID$0$5,000
Jim DeMintRSC$0$0
Chris DoddDCT$0$0
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$0
Pete DomeniciRNM$0$1,000
Byron DorganDND$0$0
Dick DurbinDIL$0$0
John EnsignRNV$0$0
Mike EnziRWY$0$0
Russ FeingoldDWI$0$1,000
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$0
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$0
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$3,500
Judd GreggRNH$0$0
Chuck HagelRNE$0$0
Tom HarkinDIA$0$0
Orrin HatchRUT$0$0
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$0
Jim InhofeROK$0$13,000
Dan InouyeDHI$0$0
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$200
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$0
Ted KennedyDMA$0$0
John KerryDMA$0$0
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$9,600
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$0
Mary LandrieuDLA$0$3,000
Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$0
Patrick LeahyDVT$0$0
Carl LevinDMI$0$0
Joe LiebermanICT$0$0
Blanche LincolnDAR$0$1,000
Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0
Dick LugarRIN$0$0
Mel MartinezRFL$0$0
John McCainRAZ$0$0
Claire McCaskillDMO$0$2,500
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$0$18,000
Bob MenéndezDNJ$0$0
Barbara MikulskiDMD$0$0
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$0
Patty MurrayDWA$0$1,000
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$0
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$0$0
Barack ObamaDIL$0$0
Mark PryorDAR$0$18,700
John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$1,500
Harry ReidDNV$0$0
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$0
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$0
Ken SalazarDCO$0$0
Bernie SandersIVT$0$0
Chuck SchumerDNY$0$0
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$5,500
Richard ShelbyRAL$0$0
Gordon SmithROR$0$0
Olympia SnoweRME$0$0
Arlen SpecterDPA$0$0
Debbie StabenowDMI$0$0
Ted StevensRAK$0$0
John SununuRNH$0$2,500
Jon TesterDMT$0$0
Craig ThomasRWY$0$0
John ThuneRSD$0$0
David VitterRLA$0$0
George VoinovichROH$0$0
John WarnerRVA$0$0
Jim WebbDVA$0$0
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$0
Ron WydenDOR$0$0

Interest Groups that supported this bill

$ Donated
Health & welfare policy$14,100

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

$ Donated
Department, variety & convenience stores$75,300
Gasoline service stations$37,300
Health & welfare policy$14,100
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