,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dafd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bg1        
#bjag,mr4 ,polis 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,peterson1 ,ms4 
,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4
 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,garrett1 and ,ms4   
,de,gette7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committees on the ,judiciary1 and      
,energy and ,commerce1 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 that the owner of
 a water right may use the water for the
 cultivation of industrial hemp1 if     
otherwise authorized by ,state law4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,industrial ,hemp ,water ,rights   
,act4  #b4 ,use of water for industrial 
hemp cultivation  7a7 ,definition of    

industrial hemp ,in this section1 the   
term industrial hemp has the meaning    
given the term in section #gfjf7;b7 of  
the ,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#g     
,u4,s4,c4 #eidj7;b774  7b7 ,use for     
industrial hemp cultivation             
,notwithstanding the ,controlled        
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hja et 
seq471 chapter #ha of title #da1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 or any other ,federal   
law1 an owner of an absolute or         
conditional or reserved water right1    
including a federally recognized ,tribe1
 or an entity that receives or          
distributes water contracted from the   
,federal ,government1 may1 pursuant to  
applicable water law1 use or sell for   
use by another person the water subject 
to the water right or the contract1 as  
applicable1 for the cultivation of      
industrial hemp1 regardless of whether  
the water has passed through a ,federal 
water project1 if the growth or         
cultivation of industrial hemp is       
otherwise authorized under the laws of  

the ,state or ,tribe in whose           
jurisdiction in which such use occurs4