S.Amdt. 1251

SA 1251. Mrs. HAGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 900 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as added by section 101) strike paragraph (16) and insert the following:

“(16) Small tobacco product manufacturer.--The term ‘small tobacco product manufacturer' includes any farmer owned tobacco cooperative or a tobacco product manufacturer other than a cooperative that employs fewer than 350 employees. For purposes of determining the number of employees of a manufacturer under the preceding sentence, the employees of a manufacturer are deemed to include the employees of each entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such manufacture.”.