,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aegf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ah1     
#bjag,mr4 ,bennet 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,daines1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,gardner1   
,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mr4 ,merkley7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,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 water right1 or an entity   
that receives or distributes water      
contracted from the ,federal            
,government1 may 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 in which such use occurs4