# 119-hr-4404: Hookah Clarification Act of 2025

119-hr-4404, Hookah Clarification Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4404
- Congress: 119
- Title: Hookah Clarification Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a federal excise tax regime that treats waterpipe tobacco differently from pipe tobacco.** It would tax pipe tobacco at $2.8311 per pound and waterpipe tobacco at $0.5662 per pound, with fractional parts taxed proportionally. The act adds a new definition to section 5702 to define waterpipe tobacco as tobacco consumed or intended for use in a waterpipe, including hookah tobacco, shisha, maassel, narghile, and argileh. The rates apply to tobacco manufactured or imported after enactment.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tobacco makers pay hookah and pipe taxes: cost, low. If enacted, tobacco manufacturers and importers would pay per‑pound federal excise taxes. Pipe tobacco that is not waterpipe would be taxed at $2.8311 per pound, with fractional pounds taxed the same way. Waterpipe tobacco would be taxed at $0.5662 per pound. The bill would define waterpipe tobacco…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4404 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4404)

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- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-4335: Abraham Accords Defense Against Terror Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4335)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2192: Air America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2192)
- [119-hr-2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology an…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2189)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4404 (as of 2026-04-21).