A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for State and Tribal regulation of hemp production, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-2667| Senate
| Updated: 4/16/2018
Mitch McConnell
Republican Senator
Kentucky
Cosponsors (29)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Bill Cassidy (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Ron Johnson (Republican)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Rand Paul (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Joe Manchin (Independent)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Cory Gardner (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Ron Wyden (Democratic)John Hoeven (Republican)Richard Burr (Republican)
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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 the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2124-2125)
Introduced in Senate
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
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Agricultural insuranceAgricultural researchDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGeneral Native American affairs mattersGovernment studies and investigationsState and local government operations
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for State and Tribal regulation of hemp production, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-2667| Senate
| Updated: 4/16/2018
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 the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2124-2125)
Introduced in Senate
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
Mitch McConnell
Republican Senator
Kentucky
Cosponsors (29)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Bill Cassidy (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Ron Johnson (Republican)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Rand Paul (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Joe Manchin (Independent)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Cory Gardner (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Ron Wyden (Democratic)John Hoeven (Republican)Richard Burr (Republican)
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