REFER Act of 2019

United States116th CongressHR-1455House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 8, 2019

Summary

Restraining Excessive Federal Enforcement & Regulations of Cannabis Act of 2019 or the REFER Act of 2019 This bill limits restrictions on and penalties for certain cannabis-related activities that are authorized by state or local law (i.e., state-authorized). Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of funds made available by Congress to a federal department or agency to restrict the state-authorized use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of cannabis; to detain, prosecute, sentence, or initiate civil proceedings against an individual, business, or property involved in state-authorized cannabis-related activities; or to penalize a financial institution for providing financial services to a business engaged in state-authorized cannabis-related activities.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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