S.Amdt. 1236

SA 1236. Mr. BUNNING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 4, strike subsection (b) and insert the following:

(b) Agricultural Activities.--The provisions of this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) which authorize the Secretary to take action with regards to tobacco products shall not be construed to affect any authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding the growing, cultivation, curing or processing of raw tobacco. Nothing in this Act (or amendments) shall be construed to provide the Food and Drug Administration with any authority regarding the growing, cultivation, curing or processing of raw tobacco.