Bill · S. 3148· Senate(119-S-3148)
END Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act
- Introduced
- 11/6/2025
- Last activity
- 11/6/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sponsored by
- John Cornyn
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the "Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act" or the "END Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act." It gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to destroy tobacco products offered for import that are counterfeit, misbranded, or adulterated. It does this by amending Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Yes· 3 of 5
Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?+3
Protects consumers from counterfeit and adulterated tobacco products by authorizing their destruction.
Would business owners be better off under this?+2
Benefits legitimate tobacco business owners by removing counterfeit competition.
Does this make patent and copyright rules fairer?+2
Helps protect trademark/IP of legitimate tobacco products by destroying counterfeits.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Removal of dangerous products: By authorizing the destruction of adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products, the bill targets illicit imports (Section 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for individuals or groups are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Consumer Protection+3
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners+2
- Education And Technology
- Improves Intellectual Property Fairness+2
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+2
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Border Security+2
- 11/6/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Martin HeinrichDemocrat · New Mexico