H.R. 3242: Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-28 · Commerce · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 297.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 297. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires any nicotine provided in a liquid nicotine container sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States to be packaged in accordance with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC's) standards and testing procedures for special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of age to open or to obtain harmful contents from. The requirement must be treated as a standard for the special packaging of a household substance under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. "Liquid nicotine container" is defined to: (1) include a package from which nicotine in a solution or other form is accessible through normal and foreseeable use by a consumer and that is used to hold soluble nicotine in any concentration; and (2) exclude a sealed, pre-filled, and disposable container of nicotine in a solution or other form in which such container is inserted directly into an electronic cigarette, electronic nicotine delivery system, or other similar product, if the nicotine in the container is inaccessible through customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably foreseeable ingestion or other contact by children. The bill applies to any form of chemical nicotine, including any salt or complex, regardless of whether the chemical is naturally or synthetically derived. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must consult with the CPSC if HHS maintains, enforces, imposes, or continues in effect any packaging requirement for liquid nicotine containers, including a child-resistant packaging requirement.

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Official text

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3242, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 (2015-11-18)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3242.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3242 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114