,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ad1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,blumenauer 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,rohrabacher1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,ms4 ,lee of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,cohen1  
,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4        
,nadler1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1    
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,honda1 and ,mr4 
,huffman7 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     
provide for the rescheduling of         
marijuana and for the medical use of    
marijuana in accordance with the laws of
 the various ,states4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,states' 
,medical ,marijuana ,patient ,protection
 ,act4  #b4 ,controlled ,substances ,act

  7a7 ,schedule  7#a7 ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,health   
and ,human ,services1 in cooperation    
with the ,national ,academy of          
,sciences' ,institute of ,medicine1     
shall submit to the ,administrator of   
the ,drug ,enforcement ,administration a
 recommendation on the listing of       
marijuana within the ,controlled        
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hja et 
seq471 and shall recommend a listing    
other than ,schedule ,i or ,schedule    
,,ii4  7#b7 ,not later than one year    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,administrator of the ,drug   
,enforcement ,administration shall1     
based upon the recommendation under     
paragraph 7#a71 issue a notice of       
proposed rulemaking for the rescheduling
 of marijuana within the ,controlled    
,substances ,act1 which shall include a 
recommendation to list marijuana as     
other than a ,schedule ,i or ,schedule  
,,ii substance4  7b7 ,limitations on the

 application of the ,controlled         
,substances ,act  7#a7 ,in general ,no  
provision of the ,controlled ,substances
 ,act shall prohibit or otherwise       
restrict in a ,state in which the       
medical use of marijuana is legal under 
,state law--  7,a7 the prescription or  
recommendation of marijuana for medical 
use by a medical professional or the    
certification by a medical professional 
that a patient has a condition for which
 marijuana may have therapeutic benefit2
  7,b7 an individual from obtaining1    
manufacturing1 possessing1 or           
transporting within their ,state        
marijuana for medical purposes1 provided
 the activities are authorized under    
,state law2 or  7,c7 a pharmacy or other
 entity authorized under local or ,state
 law to distribute medical marijuana to 
individuals authorized to possess       
medical marijuana under ,state law from 
obtaining1 possessing or distributing   
marijuana to such individuals4  7#b7    
,production ,no provision of the        

,controlled ,substances ,act shall      
prohibit or otherwise restrict an entity
 authorized by a ,state or local        
government1 in a ,state in which the    
possession and use of marijuana for     
medical purposes is legal from          
producing1 processing1 or distributing  
marijuana for such purposes4  #c4       
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    
,act  7a7 ,in general ,no provision of  
the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic
 ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq47 shall
 prohibit or otherwise restrict in a    
,state in which the medical use of      
marijuana is legal under ,state law--   
7#a7 the prescription or recommendation 
of marijuana for medical use by a       
medical professional or the             
certification by a medical professional 
that a patient has a condition for which
 marijuana may have therapeutic benefit2
  7#b7 an individual from obtaining1    
manufacturing1 possessing1 or           
transporting within their ,state        
marijuana for medical purposes1 provided

 the activities are authorized under    
,state law2 or  7#c7 a pharmacy or other
 entity authorized under local or ,state
 law to distribute medical marijuana to 
individuals authorized to possess       
medical marijuana under ,state law from 
obtaining1 possessing1 or distributing  
marijuana to such individuals4  7b7     
,production ,no provision of the        
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    
,act shall prohibit or otherwise        
restrict an entity authorized by a      
,state or local government1 in a ,state 
in which the possession and use of      
marijuana for medical purposes is legal 
from producing1 processing1 or          
distributing marijuana for such purpose4
  #d4 ,administration of registration   
requirements related to marijuana       
research ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,attorney ,general shall delegate      
responsibility under section #cjc7;f7 of
 the ,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba  
,u4,s4,c4 #hbc7;f77 for control over    

access to marijuana for research into   
its potential therapeutic and medicinal 
uses to an entity of the ,executive     
,branch that is not focused on          
researching the addictive properties of 
substances4 ,that entity shall take     
appropriate actions to ensure that an   
adequate supply of marijuana is         
available for therapeutic and medicinal 
research4  #e4 ,relation of ,act to     
certain prohibitions relating to smoking
 ,this ,act does not affect any         
,federal1 ,state1 or local law          
regulating or prohibiting smoking in    
public4