House joint resolution · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.
Sponsor: Rep. Byron Donalds R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 10, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 99.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DONALDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 186, November 9, 2023, Page H5671):Art 1, Sec. 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Establishes the definition of a premium cigar.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 128 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 99, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/99
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
13 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 9596 (118th) Value Over Cost Act
- H.R. 5528 (118th) Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.