A bill to require persons who manufacture cigarettes or little cigars for sale or distribution in commerce to meet performance standards prescribed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and for other purposes.
Cigarette Safety Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate, within 18 months, final performance standards for cigarettes and little cigars ensuring a minimum capacity for igniting smoldering fabric fires.
Authorizes the Commission to prohibit manufacturers from stockpiling such products to which such standard applies.
Provides for judicial review of such standard in an appropriate U.S. court of appeals.
Declares such cigarette safety standards to be subject to all remedial and penalty provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act for the first three fiscal years beginning after its enactment.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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