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  SA 1235. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by 
providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to 
regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil 
Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement 
System, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of section 907(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (as added by section 101(b)), add the 
     following:
       ``(C) Characterizing flavor.--For purposes of subparagraph 
     (A), the term `characterizing flavor' means--
       ``(i) a distinguishable flavor, taste, or aroma imparted by 
     the tobacco product, or any smoke emanating from that 
     product, prior to or during consumption that predominates 
     over the flavor, taste, or aroma of the tobacco; or
       ``(ii) a distinguishable flavor, taste, or aroma other than 
     tobacco used to advertise or market the tobacco product.
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