27 U.S.C. § 213 : US Code - Section 213: Declaration of policy and purpose

Search 27 U.S.C. § 213 : US Code - Section 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.