House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2111.
- 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. 171, No. 49, March 14, 2025, Page H1163):Art. 1, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 14 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2111, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2111
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
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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
16 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 16 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.