US Congress House Bill 2920 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CARERS Act of 2017 Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that the Act's regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties do not apply to a person who produces, possesses, distributes, dispenses, administers, tests, recommends, or delivers medical marijuana in compliance with state law. The bill also: excludes "cannabidiol" (CBD) from the definition of "marijuana"; limits the concentration of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in CBD to 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis; and deems marijuana grown or processed to make CBD, in accordance with state law, to comply with the THC concentration limit unless the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) determines state law to be unreasonable. The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to terminate the Public Health Service's interdisciplinary review process that is used to evaluate applications for medical marijuana research. The DEA must license manufacturers and distributors of marijuana for medical research; HHS must register practitioners to conduct research; and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must authorize VA health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in their states' marijuana programs.

CARERS Act of 2017 Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2017

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]	Rep. Mark Sanford [R-SC]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-15	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E834)
2017-06-15	House	Introduced in House

SB1374 (Same As) 2017-06-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3556-3557)
HB1820 (Related) 2017-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB1764 (Same As) 2017-09-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2920/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2920/BILLS-115hr2920ih.pdf