H.R. 525 — Introduced in House

I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 525 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 26, 2015 Mr. Massie (for himself, Mr. Polis, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Amash, Mr. Cohen, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Farr, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Norton, Mr. Honda, Mr. Clay, Ms. Lee, Mr. McClintock, Ms. McCollum, Mr. O’Rourke, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Welch, Mr. Buck, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Barr, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Walz, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Nadler, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Perry, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Mulvaney, and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015. 2. Exclusion of industrial hemp from definition of marihuana Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is amended— (1) in paragraph (16)— (A) by striking (16) The and inserting (16)(A) The; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (B) The term marihuana does not include industrial hemp. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (57) The term industrial hemp means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. . 3. Industrial hemp determination Section 201 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Industrial hemp determination If a person grows or processes Cannabis sativa L. for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with State law, the Cannabis sativa L. shall be deemed to meet the concentration limitation under section 102(57). .