HR 6495 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Marijuana Data Collection Act

Introduced Jul 24, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Tulsi Gabbard D-HI

Latest action · Oct 1, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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.

IntroducedJul 24, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Marijuana Data Collection Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and relevant state agencies, to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences in order to study the effects of marijuana legalization in states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal or non-medicinal use.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 24, 2018 to Nov 27, 2018; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke	Original	Jul 24, 2018
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-FL	Charlie Crist	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa	Original	Jul 24, 2018
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jul 24, 2018
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 24, 2018
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	Jul 24, 2018

Show all 34 cosponsors

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 Jul 24, 2018
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 27, 2018
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jul 24, 2018
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Oct 1, 2018
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jul 24, 2018

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 1, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 27, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 24, 2018Introduced in House
Jul 24, 2018Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The United States Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 124, July 24, 2018, page H7156.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1587	Marijuana Data Collection Act	Reintroduced Bill	Apr 8, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into a 10-year arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct and update biennially a study on the effects of State legalized marijuana programs, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Marijuana Data Collection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 24, 2018Introduced in House

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