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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2726
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking
on Amtrak trains.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Banning Smoking on
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Amtrak Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SMOKING ON AMTRAK TRAINS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 243 of title 49, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘§ 24323. Prohibition on smoking on Amtrak trains
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‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Beginning on the date of enact-
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ment of the Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019,
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Amtrak shall prohibit smoking on board Amtrak trains.
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‘‘(b) ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES.—
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‘‘(1) INCLUSION.—The use of an electronic cig-
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arette shall be treated as smoking for purposes of
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this section.
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‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC
CIGARETTE
DEFINED.—In
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this section, the term ‘electronic cigarette’ means a
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device that delivers nicotine or other substances to
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a user of the device in the form of a vapor that is
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inhaled to simulate the experience of smoking.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
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tions for chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is
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amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘24323. Prohibition on smoking on Amtrak trains.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives December 17,
2019.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.
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