,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,perry 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rohrabacher1
 ,mr4 ,cohen1 and ,mr4 ,broun of        
,georgia7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,controlled ,substances ,act  
to exclude therapeutic hemp and         
cannabidiol from the definition of      
marihuana1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,charlotte's ,web ,medical ,hemp    
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,exclusion of       
therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol from   
definition of marihuana  7a7 ,in        
,general ,section #ajb of the           
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       

,u4,s4,c4 #hjb7 is amended in paragraph 
7#af7--  7#a7 by striking 7#af7 ,the and
 inserting 7#af77;,a7 ,the2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7,b7 
,therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol--  7i7
 are excluded from the definition of    
marihuana under subparagraph 7,a72 and  
7ii7 shall not be treated as controlled 
substances under this ,act4  4  7b7     
,definition ,section #ajb of the        
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hjb71 as amended1 is further 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#eg7 ,the term             
#8therapeutic hemp' means the plant     
,cannabis sativa ,l4 and any part of    
such plant1 whether growing or not1 with
 a delta-#i tetrahydrocannabinol        
concentration of not more than #j4c     
percent on a dry weight basis4  7#eh7   
,the term cannabidiol means the         
substance cannabidiol1 as derived from  
therapeutic hemp4  4  #c4 ,other        
,limitations  7a7 ,non-,applicability of
 ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic   

,act ,the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and    
,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cja et   
seq47 shall not apply to therapeutic    
hemp or cannabidiol as those terms are  
defined in section #ajb of the          
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hjb7 as amended by this ,act4
  7b7 ,state ,law ,nothing in this ,act 
shall prohibit or otherwise restrict any
 activities related to the use1         
production1 or distribution of marijuana
 in a ,state in which such activities   
are legal under ,state law4