,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ecc  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#eebj  ,report ,no4 #aae-fij  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april 
#af1 #bjah ,mr4 ,walz 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,roe of ,tennessee1 and ,mr4 ,correa7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,may #ah1 #bjah    
,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4
 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4         
,coffman1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new          
,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4          
,o',rourke1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1  
,ms4 ,esty of ,connecticut1 ,mr4        
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,clay1   
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,rohrabacher1 ,ms4    
,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4   
,raskin1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,kihuen1 
,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1
 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4       
,polis1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,pingree1    
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,joyce of
 ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 

,heck1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4             
,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4      
,swalwell of ,california1 ,ms4          
,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,j4 ,rooney of  
,florida1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 
,mr4 ,curbelo of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mr4 ,costello of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4  
,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4         
,moulton1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan ,grisham
 of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4     
,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,soto1    
,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4      
,carbajal1 and ,mr4 ,quigley  ,may #ah1 
#bjah ,reported with an amendment1      
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,april   
#af1 #bjah  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the
 ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to use
 the authority of the ,secretary to     
conduct and support research on the     

efficacy and safety of medicinal        
cannabis1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,va ,medicinal ,cannabis ,research 
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,conduct of research
 into effects of cannabis on health     
outcomes of certain veterans  7a7       
,research ,in carrying out the          
responsibilities of the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs under section #gcjc  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 the
 ,secretary may conduct and support     
research relating to the efficacy and   
safety of forms of cannabis described in
 subsection 7c7 on the health outcomes  
of covered veterans diagnosed with      
chronic pain1 post-traumatic stress     
disorder1 and other conditions the      
,secretary determines appropriate4 ,the 
,secretary shall ensure that such       
research is conducted in accordance with
 applicable regulations relating to the 
oversight of research1 including such   
regulations prescribed by the ,office of
 ,research and ,development of the      

,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 the  
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services 7including through the        
,national ,institute on ,drug ,abuse71  
the ,food and ,drug ,administration1 the
 ,drug ,enforcement ,administration1 and
 the ,national ,institutes of ,health4  
7b7 ,data preservation ,research        
conducted pursuant to subsection 7a7    
shall include a mechanism to ensure the 
preservation of all data1 including all 
data sets1 collected or used for        
purposes of the research required by    
subsection 7a7 in a manner that will    
facilitate further research4  7c7 ,forms
 of cannabis ,to be researched ,the     
forms of cannabis described in this     
subsection are-- 7#a7 varying forms of  
cannabis1 including--  7,a7 full plants 
and extracts2  7,b7 at least three      
different strains of cannabis with      
significant variants in phenotypic      
traits and various ratios of            
tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol in 
chemical composition2 and  7,c7 other   

chemical analogs of                     
tetrahydrocannabinol2 and  7#b7 varying 
methods of cannabis delivery1 including 
topical application1 combustible and    
non-combustible inhalation1 and         
ingestion4  7d7 ,implementation ,if the 
,secretary conducts and supports        
research under subsection 7a71 the      
,secretary shall-- 7#a7 before          
conducting and supporting such research1
 develop a plan to implement this       
section and submit such plan to the     
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate2 and  7#b7 issue any requests   
for proposals the ,secretary determines 
appropriate for such implementation4    
7e7 ,reports ,during the five-year      
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit periodically1 but not less 
frequently than annually1 to the        
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate reports on--  7#a7 the          

implementation of this section2 or  7#b7
 the rationale of the ,secretary with   
respect to determining not to implement 
this section4  7f7 ,covered veteran     
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered veteran means a veteran who is  
enrolled in the patient enrollment      
system of the ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs under section #agje of title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  ,may #ah1  
#bjah ,reported with an amendment1      
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed