H.R. 4404

Summary

H.R. 4404, the Hookah Clarification Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jul 15, 2025 by Rep. Darrell Issa (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Jul 15, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 4404 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4404 IH: Hookah Clarification Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-15
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4404  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 15, 2025   Mr. Issa  (for himself and  Mr. Davis of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax for waterpipe tobacco, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Hookah Clarification Act of 2025  .
2.
Waterpipe tobacco tax
(a)
In general
 Section 5701(f)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
(f)
Pipe tobacco
(1)
In general
On pipe tobacco, manufactured in or imported into the United States, which is not waterpipe tobacco, there shall be imposed a tax of $2.8311 per pound (and a proportionate tax at the like rate on all fractional parts of a pound).
(2)
Waterpipe tobacco
On waterpipe tobacco, manufactured in or imported into the United States, there shall be imposed a tax of $0.5662 per pound and (a proportionate tax at the like rate on all fractional parts of a pound).
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(b)
Conforming amendments
Section 5702 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
(q)
Waterpipe tobacco
The term  waterpipe tobacco  means a tobacco product consumed or intended to be consumed in a waterpipe, including hookah tobacco, shisha, maassel, narghile, and argileh.
 .
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to tobacco manufactured or imported after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax for waterpipe tobacco, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Darrell Issa (R) sponsors H.R. 4404, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Darrell Issa

Rep. · R–CA-48 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 15, 2025

Donald Davis

Rep. · D–NC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 15, 2025 · Original

Abraham Hamadeh

Rep. · R–AZ-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 3, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 4404 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Jul 15, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4404 has taken 2 actions since Jul 15, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4404 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4404 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Hookah Clarification Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Hookah Clarification Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax for waterpipe tobacco, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 10 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4404 in 11 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Tobacco, Government Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4404 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4404’s is Taxation.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com