PUBLIC LAW 99-252—FEB. 27, 1986
100 STAT. 35
American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island. (3) The term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and installations of the Armed Forces. (4) The term "package" means a pack, box, carton, pouch, or container of any kind in which smokeless tobacco products are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to consumers. (5) The term "sale or distribution" includes sampling or any other distribution not for sale. (6) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. SEC. 10. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 402(d)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(d)(2)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon a comma and the following: "except that this clause shall not apply to confectionery which is introduced or delivered for introduction into, or received or held for sale in, interstate commerce if the sale of such confectionery is permitted under the laws of the State in which such confectionery is intended to be offered for sale". SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sections 3(f) and 5(b) and 15 USC 4401 subsection (b), this Act shall take effect one year after the date of "°*®enactment of this Act. (b) EXCEPTION.—Sections 2, 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 3(e), 4(b), 7, 8, 9, and 10
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved February 27, 1986.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1574: SENATE REPORT No. 99-209 (Comm. on Labor and Human Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 131 (1985): Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 132 (1986): Feb. 3, considered and passed House, amended. Feb. 6, Senate concurred in House amendments.
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