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HOUSE 3105117th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Common Sense Cannabis Reform for Veterans, Small Businesses, and Medical Professionals Act

Last Action
11/9/2021

Actions

  • 2021-11-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  • 2021-05-12Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2021-05-11Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
  • 2021-05-11Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
  • 2021-05-11Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
  • 2021-05-11Introduced in House
  • 2021-05-11Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2021-05-11 (00)

Common Sense Cannabis Reform for Veterans, Small Businesses, and Medical Professionals Act

This bill removes federal restrictions on, and creates new protections for, marijuana-related conduct and activities that are authorized by state or tribal law.

Among other things, the bill does the following:

  • removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana;
  • directs the Food and Drug Administration and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the Department of the Treasury to issue rules to regulate marijuana that are similar to the federal rules regulating alcohol;
  • creates protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses;
  • creates protections for veterans who use, possess, or transport medical marijuana; and
  • requires the National Institutes of Health to study and report on the effects of medical marijuana on individuals who are impaired or in pain and the relationship between state-approved treatment programs involving medical marijuana, access to such programs, and a reduction in opioid abuse.

Cosponsors (9)

  • DON YOUNG (R-AK)
  • Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
  • Seth Moulton (D-MA)
  • Nancy Mace (R-SC)
  • J. Correa (D-CA)
  • Dean Phillips (D-MN)
  • Brian Mast (R-FL)
  • Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
  • Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Read on Congress.gov

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