Congress 115 - HR 1824 - Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

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Alternative treatments Bank accounts, deposits, capital Banking and financial institutions regulation Bankruptcy Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Business expenses Business records Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Veterans Affairs Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Federal-Indian relations Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Higher education Housing and community development funding Immigration status and procedures Income tax credits Income tax deductions Indian social and development programs Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Marketing and advertising Medical research Minority health Personnel records State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Veterans' medical care

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Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

to eliminate regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act for marijuana-related activities authorized by state or tribal law (i.e., state-authorized);
to allow businesses that sell marijuana in compliance with state or tribal law to claim certain federal tax credits and deductions;
to eliminate restrictions on print and broadcast advertising of state-authorized marijuana-related activities;
to create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses;
to specify that a marijuana-related business is entitled to federal bankruptcy protections;
to establish a process to expunge criminal records related to certain marijuana-related convictions;
to reestablish federal student aid eligibility for certain students convicted of a misdemeanor offense for marijuana possession;
to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to prohibit the inadmissibility or deportability of aliens for state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to specify that drug-related criminal activity, which is prohibited in federally assisted housing, does not include state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate medical marijuana research;
to authorize health care providers employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to recommend participation in state marijuana programs; and
to authorize medical providers through an Indian health program to make medical recommendations regarding marijuana.

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Apr 24, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Apr 24, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Apr 24, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 12, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Mar 31, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 30, 2017

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Mar 30, 2017

Introduced in House

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