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[CITE: 15USC1341]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
             CHAPTER 36--CIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING
 
Sec. 1341. Smoking, research, education and information


(a) Establishment of program; Secretary; functions

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish and carry out 
a program to inform the public of any dangers to human health presented 
by cigarette smoking. In carrying out such program, the Secretary 
shall--
        (1) conduct and support research on the effect of cigarette 
    smoking on human health and develop materials for informing the 
    public of such effect;
        (2) coordinate all research and educational programs and other 
    activities within the Department of Health and Human Services 
    (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Department'') 
    which relate to the effect of cigarette smoking on human health and 
    coordinate, through the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health 
    (established under subsection (b) of this section), such activities 
    with similar activities of other Federal agencies and of private 
    agencies;
        (3) establish and maintain a liaison with appropriate private 
    entities, other Federal agencies, and State and local public 
    agencies respecting activities relating to the effect of cigarette 
    smoking on human health;
        (4) collect, analyze, and disseminate (through publications, 
    bibliographies, and otherwise) information, studies, and other data 
    relating to the effect of cigarette smoking on human health, and 
    develop standards, criteria, and methodologies for improved 
    information programs related to smoking and health;
        (5) compile and make available information on State and local 
    laws relating to the use and consumption of cigarettes; and
        (6) undertake any other additional information and research 
    activities which the Secretary determines necessary and appropriate 
    to carry out this section.

(b) Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health; composition; chairman; 
        compensation; staffing and other assistance

    (1) To carry out the activities described in paragraphs (2) and (3) 
of subsection (a) of this section there is established an Interagency 
Committee on Smoking and Health. The Committee shall be composed of--
        (A) members appointed by the Secretary from appropriate 
    institutes and agencies of the Department, which may include the 
    National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood 
    Institute, the National Institute of Child Health and Human 
    Development, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Health 
    Resources and Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease 
    Control and Prevention;
        (B) at least one member appointed from the Federal Trade 
    Commission, the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, 
    and any other Federal agency designated by the Secretary, the 
    appointment of whom shall be made by the head of the entity from 
    which the member is appointed; and
        (C) five members appointed by the Secretary from physicians and 
    scientists who represent private entities involved in informing the 
    public about the health effects of smoking.

The Secretary shall designate the chairman of the Committee.
    (2) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the 
performance of services for the Committee, members of the Committee 
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistance,\1\ in the manner provided by sections 5702 and 5703 of 
title 5.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``subsistence,''.
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    (3) The Secretary shall make available to the Committee such staff, 
information, and other assistance as it may require to carry out its 
activities effectively.

(c) Report to Congress; contents

    The Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress not later than 
January 1, 1986, and biennially thereafter which shall contain--
        (1) an overview and assessment of Federal activities undertaken 
    to inform the public of the health consequences of smoking and the 
    extent of public knowledge of such consequences,
        (2) a description of the Secretary's and Committee's activities 
    under subsection (a) of this section,
        (3) information regarding the activities of the private sector 
    taken in response to the effects of smoking on health, and
        (4) such recommendations as the Secretary may consider 
    appropriate.

(Pub. L. 98-474, Sec. 3, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2200; Pub. L. 99-92, 
Sec. 13, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 404; Pub. L. 102-531, title III, 
Sec. 312(a), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Comprehensive Smoking Education 
Act, and not as part of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising 
Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b)(1)(A), Pub. L. 102-531 substituted ``Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention'' for ``Centers for Disease Control''.
    1985--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-92 substituted ``1986'' for ``1985''.
