To terminate price support and marketing quotas for tobacco, disallow the income tax deduction for certain advertising expenses for tobacco products, and to establish a trust fund to support anti-drugs and anti-tobacco use activities.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 30, 1994

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to terminate the tobacco price support program. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to terminate the tobacco marketing quota program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the deduction for certain advertising expenses for tobacco products. Establishes in the Treasury the Anti-Tobacco Use Trust Fund. Establishes in the Fund: (1) the Anti-Drugs in Schools Account; and (2) the Anti-Tobacco Use Advertising Account. Transfers to the Fund and the Accounts specified revenues resulting from the tobacco advertising deduction disallowance. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a public education program about the health risks of tobacco products.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. English, Karan [D-AZ-6] · D–AZ

Committees

Energy and Commerce Committee
Education and Workforce Committee
Agriculture Committee
Ways and Means Committee

9 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Legislative record

Actions

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Aug 1, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jul 19, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights.
Jul 8, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources.
Jun 30, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 30, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 30, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 30, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 30, 1994
Introduced in House
Jun 30, 1994
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.4698, 103rd Congress: To terminate price support and marketing quotas for tobacco, disallow the income tax deduction for certain advertising expenses for tobacco products, and to establish a trust fund to support anti-drugs and anti-tobacco use activities.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4698

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1994-06-30.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr4698/BILLS-103hr4698ih.htm

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Analyze H.R.4698 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss H.R.4698, 103rd Congress: To terminate price support and marketing quotas for tobacco, disallow the income tax deduction for certain advertising expenses for tobacco products, and to establish a trust fund to support anti-drugs and anti-tobacco use activities.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4698

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1994-06-30.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr4698/BILLS-103hr4698ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-06-03T16:29:19Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.4698, 103rd Congress: To terminate price support and marketing quotas for tobacco, disallow the income tax deduction for certain advertising expenses for tobacco products, and to establish a trust fund to support anti-drugs and anti-tobacco use activities.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4698

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1994-06-30.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr4698/BILLS-103hr4698ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-06-03T16:29:19Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.4698, 103rd Congress: To terminate price support and marketing quotas for tobacco, disallow the income tax deduction for certain advertising expenses for tobacco products, and to establish a trust fund to support anti-drugs and anti-tobacco use activities.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4698

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1994-06-30.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr4698/BILLS-103hr4698ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-06-03T16:29:19Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.4698 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.