S.1147
Introduced:
May 21, 2009
111
First
March 31, 2010
Became Public Law
20 cosponsors.
Regulates the sale of cigarettes over the Internet, increases penalties for cigarette smuggling, and creates new legal mechanisms to increase the collection of cigarette taxes because, among other reasons, ‘Hezbollah, Hamas, al Qaeda, and other terrorist organizations have profited from trafficking in illegal cigarettes.’
See also: companion measure H. R. 1676 of 3/23/09 in JPS 155.
Became public law 111-154 (3/17/10 passed in House 387-25; 3/11/10 passed in Senate by unanimous consent).