,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #b1       
#bjag,mr4 ,gardner 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,alexander1 ,mr4 ,hatch1 
,mr4 ,isakson1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,johnson1
 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 and ,mr4 ,warner7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,controlled ,substances   
,act to exclude cannabidiol and         
cannabidiol-rich plants from the        
definition of marihuana1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,therapeutic ,hemp  
,medical ,access ,act of #bjag4  #b4    
,exclusion of cannabidiol and           
cannabidiol-rich plants from definition 
of marihuana  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#ajb7af7 of the ,controlled ,substances 
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hjb7af77 is        
amended1 in the second sentence--  7#a7 
by striking or the sterilized seed and  
inserting the sterilized seed2 and  7#b7

 by inserting before the period at the  
end the following3 1 cannabidiol1 or    
cannabidiol-rich plants4  7b7           
,definitions ,section #ajb of the       
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hjb71 as amended1 is further 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#eg7 7,a7 ,the term        
cannabidiol-rich plant means the plant  
,cannabis sativa ,l4 and any part of    
such plant1 whether growing or not1 with
 a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of
 not more than #j4c percent on a dry    
weight basis4  7,b7 ,a cannabidiol-rich 
plant shall not be treated as a         
controlled substance under this ,act4   
7#eh7 7,a7 ,the term cannabidiol means  
the substance cannabidiol1 as derived   
from a cannabidiol-rich plant4  7,b7    
,cannabidiol shall not be treated as a  
controlled substance under this ,act4   
7#ei7 ,the term tetrahydrocannabinol    
concentration means--  7,a7 the percent 
of the delta-#i tetrahydrocannabinol    
content per dry weight of any part of   

the plant ,cannabis sativa ,l4 or per   
volume of weight of marihuana product2  
or  7,b7 the combined percent of the    
delta-#i tetrahydrocannabinol and       
tetrahydrocannabinolic acid in any part 
of the plant ,cannabis sativa ,l41      
regardless of moisture content4  4  #c4 
,rule of construction ,nothing in this  
,act1 or the amendments made by this    
,act1 shall be construed to prohibit or 
otherwise restrict any activities       
related to the use1 production1 or      
distribution of marijuana in a ,state in
 which such activities are legal under  
,state law4