Sponsors (10)
The bill strengthens enforcement and oversight to reduce illegal e-cigarettes and protect youth, trading off higher enforcement costs and a risk that criminal measures could overshadow public-health approaches.
Children and families: reduced availability of illegal e-cigarettes should lower youth access and help prevent vaping-related harms.
State and federal agencies and businesses: improved interagency coordination (DOJ, HHS, FDA, CBP, FTC, USPS, FBI, ATF, HSI) should speed enforcement actions and provide clearer guidance for retailers and manufacturers.
Taxpayers and Congress: required semiannual reports to Congress increase transparency and oversight of enforcement activities and recommendations for new authorities.
Children and families: an enforcement-heavy approach risks prioritizing criminal law enforcement over public-health interventions, which could undermine harm-reduction strategies for youth vaping.
Small retailers: increased enforcement could raise compliance costs or cause supply disruptions for small businesses that legally sell e-cigarettes.
Taxpayers: ongoing interagency enforcement activities may increase federal spending and resource use across agencies, carrying indirect costs for taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a federal Task Force, co-chaired by DOJ and HHS, to coordinate enforcement against illicit e-cigarettes with monthly meetings, semiannual reports to Congress, and a 10-year sunset.
Introduced December 18, 2025 by Herbert C. Conaway · Last progress December 18, 2025
Creates a federal multi-agency Task Force, co-chaired by the Attorney General and the HHS Secretary, to coordinate enforcement against illegal importation, distribution, and sale of e-cigarettes beginning 30 days after enactment. The Task Force must meet at least once every 30 days, deliver semiannual reports to specified congressional committees about actions taken and recommended authorities, and will automatically end after 10 years.