Congress 116 - HR 1119 - Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2019

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Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2019

This bill removes federal restrictions on, and creates new protections for, marijuana-related conduct and activities that are authorized by state or tribal law (i.e., state-authorized).

Among other things, the bill does the following:

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

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Mar 14, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Feb 8, 2019

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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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.
Feb 8, 2019

Introduced in House

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