HOUSE 1455116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

REFER Act of 2019

Last Action: 4/8/2019

Actions

2019-04-08Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-03-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-28Referred 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.
2019-02-28Referred 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.
2019-02-28Referred 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.
2019-02-28Introduced in House
2019-02-28Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-02-28 (00)

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.

Cosponsors (10)

EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
Joe Neguse (D-CO)
Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
J. Correa (D-CA)

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
State and local government operations

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