To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for State and Tribal regulation of hemp production, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5485| House
| Updated: 4/12/2018
James Comer
Republican Representative
Kentucky
Cosponsors (14)
Don Young (Republican)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Jared Polis (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)
Agriculture Committee, Judiciary Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Hemp Farming Act of 2018 This bill legalizes industrial hemp that has a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration of no more than 0.3% by removing it from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. States and Indian tribes may regulate the production of hemp by submitting a plan to the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill also makes hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program and certain USDA research grants.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Latest Companion Bill Action
S 115-2667Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural insuranceAgricultural researchDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGeneral Native American affairs mattersGovernment studies and investigationsState and local government operations
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for State and Tribal regulation of hemp production, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5485| House
| Updated: 4/12/2018
Hemp Farming Act of 2018 This bill legalizes industrial hemp that has a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration of no more than 0.3% by removing it from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. States and Indian tribes may regulate the production of hemp by submitting a plan to the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill also makes hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program and certain USDA research grants.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Latest Companion Bill Action
S 115-2667Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
James Comer
Republican Representative
Kentucky
Cosponsors (14)
Don Young (Republican)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Jared Polis (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)
Agriculture Committee, Judiciary Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Agriculture and Food
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- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Agricultural insuranceAgricultural researchDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGeneral Native American affairs mattersGovernment studies and investigationsState and local government operations