The signature requirement is also part of The Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act that passed with the Omnibus. So, part of the same bill. What I'm not clear on (now that I just read an article by C-Store Decisions) is whether they only passed the signature requirement or passed both. Would seem weird to ban USPS from delivery when an adult signature is required either way. The article only mentions the signature requirement, not the USPS ban. Looking into it...
The bill mentions USPS in sec. 603:
On page 5136 of the bill just passed by the House and Senate:
TITLE VI—PREVENTING ONLINE SALES OF E-CIGARETTES TO CHILDREN
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act’’.
SEC. 602. AMENDMENTS TO THE JENKINS ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to assist States in collecting sales and use taxes on cigarettes’’, approved October 19, 1949 (commonly known as the ‘‘Jenkins Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 375 et seq.), is amended—
(1) in section 1 (15 U.S.C. 375)— (A) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘includes roll-your-own tobacco’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘includes—
‘‘(I) roll-your-own tobacco’’;
(ii) in subclause (I), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(II) an electronic nicotine delivery system.’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (14) as paragraphs (8) through (15), respectively; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
‘‘(7) ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM.—The term ‘electronic nicotine delivery sys- tem’—
‘‘(A) means any electronic device that, through an aerosolized solution, delivers nicotine, flavor, or any other substance to the user inhaling from the device;
‘‘(B) includes—
‘‘(i) an e-cigarette;
‘‘(ii) an e-hookah;
‘‘(iii) an e-cigar;
‘‘(iv) a vape pen;
‘‘(v) an advanced refillable personal
vaporizer;
‘‘(vi) an electronic pipe; and
‘‘(vii) any component, liquid, part, or
accessory of a device described in subparagraph (A), without regard to whether the
component, liquid, part, or accessory is sold separately from the device; and
‘‘(C) does not include a product that is—
‘‘(i) approved by the Food and Drug Administration for—
‘‘(I) sale as a tobacco cessation product; or
‘‘(II) any other therapeutic purpose; and
‘‘(ii) marketed and sold solely for a purpose described in clause (i).’’; and
(2) in section 2A(b)(1) (15 U.S.C. 376a(b)(1)), by inserting ‘‘NICOTINE/’’ after ‘‘CIGARETTES/’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section, or an amendment made by this section, may be construed to affect or otherwise alter any provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), including its implementing regulations.
SEC. 603. NONMAILABILITY OF ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DE- LIVERY SYSTEMS.
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service shall promulgate regulations to clarify the applicability of the prohibition on mailing of cigarettes under section 1716E of title 18, United States Code, to electronic nicotine delivery systems, in accordance with the amendment to the definition of ‘‘cigarette’’ made by section 602.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition on mailing of cigarettes under section 1716E of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to electronic nicotine delivery systems on and after the date on which the United States Postal Service promulgates regulations under subsection (a) of this section.
