The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, which includes key language from Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne's (R) Ensuring the Necessary Destruction of Illicit Chinese Tobacco (END) Act.
The provision empowers the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to destroy illegal tobacco and vape products entering the United States from foreign sources.
Van Duyne celebrated the bill's passage as a major step toward shutting down dangerous imports that have continued to evade enforcement.
"The inclusion of language from my END Act in the Agriculture Appropriations bill is a huge victory for public health, consumer safety, and a step in ensuring these dangerous products do not reach our shelves," said Van Duyne. "This will help stop the flow of illegal vapes from places like China that have been slipping through the enforcement cracks."
The specific language from Van Duyne's bill updates section 801 (a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It replaces the phrase "drug or device" with "drug, device, or tobacco product," ensuring that counterfeit or adulterated tobacco items are subject to the same destruction authority as other illegal medical imports.
By explicitly including tobacco products in the statute, federal regulators will be authorized to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit items immediately upon interception, preventing them from reaching U.S. consumers and communities.
The bipartisan END Act was introduced in the House by Van Duyne and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) in November, and in the Senate by Sen. John Cornyn (R) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
This legislation marks a major step toward strengthening federal enforcement and keeping dangerous, illegal tobacco products out of American communities.
