,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ag1        
#bjah,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california 7for
 himself1 ,mr4 ,amash1 ,mr4 ,polis1 and 
,mr4 ,blumenauer7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #bh1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to prohibit the use of   
amounts from the ,asset ,forfeiture     
,fund for the ,domestic ,cannabis       
,suppression_/,eradication ,program of  
the ,drug ,enforcement ,administration1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stop ,civil ,asset ,forfeiture ,funding
 for ,marijuana ,suppression ,act of    
#bjah4  #b4 ,restriction on use of the  
,asset ,forfeiture ,fund for the        
,domestic ,cannabis                     
,suppression_/,eradication ,program     
,section #ebd of title #bh1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7e7             

,notwithstanding subsection 7c7 of this 
section1 beginning in fiscal year #bjai1
 and for each fiscal year thereafter1 no
 amounts in the ,fund may be used for   
the ,domestic ,cannabis                 
,suppression_/,eradication ,program of  
the ,drug ,enforcement ,administration1 
or any substantially similar program4  4
  #c4 ,no authority to transfer property
 for purposes of the ,domestic ,cannabis
 ,suppression_/,eradication ,program    
,notwithstanding section #iha7;e7 of    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 no    
property may be transferred to a        
,federal agency or a ,state and local   
agency1 if that property is used for any
 purpose pertaining to the ,domestic    
,cannabis ,suppression_/,eradication    
,program of the ,drug ,enforcement      
,administration1 or any substantially   
similar program4  #d4 ,sense of         
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,drug ,enforcement             
,administration 7,,dea7 expends a large 
amount of resources on enforcing        

prohibitions on marijuana4 ,the comments
 of former ,,dea ,administrator ,chuck  
,rosenberg about the relative harm of   
marijuana support ,congress's belief    
that the ,,dea's marijuana prohibition  
policy is an inappropriate use of       
resources4