HR 3007 IH, Internet Cigarette Warning Label Act.
Re: requiring warning labels for Internet cigarette ads and sales.
Sponsor: Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA).
Date introduced: October 4, 1999.
Source: Library of Congress.

To require the sale and advertisement of cigarettes on the Internet to meet the warning requirements of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 4, 1999

Mr. MEEHAN (for himself and Mr. HANSEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

A BILL

To require the sale and advertisement of cigarettes on the Internet to meet the warning requirements of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act.

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 `Internet Cigarette Warning Label Act'.

SEC. 2. INTERNET AND CIGARETTE WARNING LABELS.

It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, importer, or retailer of cigarettes to sell or advertise cigarettes through the Internet unless the cigarette packages of the cigarettes so sold and the image used on the Internet in the sale or advertising of the cigarettes contain the warning labels required by section 4(a)(1) of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15 U.S.C. 1333(a)(1)). The packages shall meet the requirements of section 4(b)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1333(b)(1)) and the images and advertising shall meet the requirements of section 4(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1333(b)(2), except that the Federal Trade Commission shall by regulation determine in what manner the warning labels shall appear on the Internet so as to be conspicuous. The Federal Trade Commission shall issue such regulations within XX of the date of the enactment of this Act.