§ 213. — Declaration of policy and purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 27USC213]
TITLE 27--INTOXICATING LIQUORS
CHAPTER 8--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT
SUBCHAPTER II--ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LABELING
Sec. 213. Declaration of policy and purpose
The Congress finds that the American public should be informed about
the health hazards that may result from the consumption or abuse of
alcoholic beverages, and has determined that it would be beneficial to
provide a clear, nonconfusing reminder of such hazards, and that there
is a need for national uniformity in such reminders in order to avoid
the promulgation of incorrect or misleading information and to minimize
burdens on interstate commerce. The Congress finds that requiring such
reminders on all containers of alcoholic beverages is appropriate and
necessary in view of the substantial role of the Federal Government in
promoting the health and safety of the Nation's population. It is
therefore the policy of the Congress, and the purpose of this
subchapter, to exercise the full reach of the Federal Government's
constitutional powers in order to establish a comprehensive Federal
program, in connection with the manufacture and sale of alcoholic
beverages in or affecting interstate commerce, to deal with the
provision of warning or other information with respect to any
relationship between the consumption or abuse of alcoholic beverages and
health, so that--
(1) the public may be adequately reminded about any health
hazards that may be associated with the consumption or abuse of
alcoholic beverages through a nationally uniform, nonconfusing
warning notice on each container of such beverages; and
(2) commerce and the national economy may be--
(A) protected to the maximum extent consistent with this
declared policy,
(B) not impeded by diverse, nonuniform, and confusing
requirements for warnings or other information on alcoholic
beverage containers with respect to any relationship between the
consumption or abuse of alcoholic beverages and health, and
(C) protected from the adverse effects that would result
from a noncomprehensive program covering alcoholic beverage
containers sold in interstate commerce, but not alcoholic
beverage containers manufactured and sold within a single State.
(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title II, Sec. 202, as added Pub. L. 100-690,
title VIII, Sec. 8001(a)(3), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4518.)
Effective Date
Section 210 of title II of act Aug. 29, 1935, as added Nov. 18,
1988, Pub. L. 100-690, title VIII, Sec. 8001(a)(3), 102 Stat. 4521,
provided that: ``Except as provided in section 204(a) [27 U.S.C.
215(a)], this title [enacting this subchapter] shall take effect on the
date of its enactment into law [Nov. 18, 1988].''
Short Title
For short title of title II of act Aug. 29, 1935, which is
classified to this subchapter, as the ``Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act
of 1988'', see section 201 of act Aug. 29, 1935, set out as a note under
section 201 of this title.
