S.Amdt. 3761

SA 3761. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3679 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Thune
(for himself and Mr. Nelson)) to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing
limitations, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5037. REGULATIONS RELATING TO E-CIGARETTES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall, in
coordination and consultation with the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration--
(1) finalize the interim final rule of the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued October 30,
2015, pertaining to e-cigarettes; and
(2) expand that rule to prohibit the carrying of battery-
powered portable electronic smoking devices in checked
baggage and in carry-on baggage.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``battery-
powered portable electronic smoking devices'' means e-
cigarettes, e-cigs, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs, personal
vaporizers, and electronic nicotine delivery systems.
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