House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2019
- Committee actionNov 19, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 28, 2020 · 213–195
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2339.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Rules Committee Print 116-51, Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020” on February 26, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As amended by amendment number 17 (Pallone)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 26, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56204
- CBO publication date
- February 26, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2339, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2339
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-402 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 21, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 21, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/402
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2339, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2339
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 66, April 18, 2019, Page H3275):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2339, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2339
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
126 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 124 Democrats
2 of 126 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and 96 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone.
- H.R. 4998 (116th) Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019
- H.R. 259 (116th) Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019
- H.R. 3375 (116th) Stopping Bad Robocalls Act
- H.R. 3 (116th) Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
- H.R. 6624 (116th) USA Telecommunications Act
- H.R. 4866 (116th) National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.