Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018
Latest action · Sep 13, 2018 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process for manufacturers of cannabis for research.
The Drug Enforcement Administration must assess whether there is an adequate and uninterrupted supply of research cannabis and register additional manufacturers.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2018 to Oct 19, 2018; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-GA | Karen C. Handel | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-VA | Scott Taylor | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-VA | Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Apr 26, 2018 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | May 7, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | May 10, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 29, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 29, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 29, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | May 29, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Jun 13, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Jun 22, 2018 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 25, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Sep 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Sep 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Oct 2, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Oct 19, 2018 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2018 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2018 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2018 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 26, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Apr 26, 2018Introduced in House
- Apr 26, 2018Referred 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.
- Apr 26, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 10, 2018H.R. 5634, Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 13, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 68, April 26, 2018, page H3706.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To increase the number of manufacturers registered under the Controlled Substances Act to manufacture cannabis for legitimate research purposes, to authorize health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide recommendations to veterans regarding participation in federally-approved cannabis clinical trials, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
