HR 689 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

Introduced Feb 14, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Earl Blumenauer D-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), within six months of enactment of this Act, to submit to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) a recommendation on the listing of marijuana within the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and to recommend listing it as other than a Schedule I or Schedule II substance.

Requires the Administrator of DEA, within one year of enactment of this Act, based upon such recommendation, to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for the rescheduling of marijuana within the CSA, which shall include a recommendation to list marijuana as other than a Schedule I or Schedule II substance.

Declares that no provision of the CSA or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act shall, in a state in which the medical use of marijuana is legal under state law, prohibit or otherwise restrict: (1) the prescription or recommendation of marijuana for medical use by a medical professional or the certification by a medical professional that a patient has a condition for which marijuana may have therapeutic benefit; (2) an individual from obtaining, manufacturing, possessing, or transporting within his or her state marijuana for medical purposes, provided the activities are authorized under state law; (3) a pharmacy or other entity authorized to distribute medical marijuana from obtaining, possessing, or distributing marijuana to authorized individuals; or (4) an entity authorized by a state or local government from producing, processing, or distributing marijuana for such purposes.

Requires the Attorney General to delegate responsibility for control over access to marijuana for research into its potential therapeutic and medicinal uses to an entity of executive branch that is not focused on researching the addictive properties of substances. Requires such entity to take appropriate actions to ensure that an adequate supply of marijuana is available for therapeutic and medicinal research.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2013 to Jun 26, 2014, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 14, 2013
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-COJared PolisOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-CASam FarrOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 14, 2013
D-MEChellie PingreeMar 4, 2013
D-CAEric SwalwellMar 4, 2013
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalMar 15, 2013
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
  2. Feb 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Feb 14, 2013Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  5. Feb 14, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E150)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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  1. Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House

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