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Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act

S. 3148 · 119th Congress · Nov 6, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import.

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.