Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 7, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45948 | The Controlled Substances Act (CSA): A Legal Overview for the 119th Congress | Report | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R44782 | The Evolution of Marijuana as a Controlled Substance and the Federal-State Policy Gap | Report | Apr 7, 2022 |
| R45726 | Federal Preemption in the Dual Banking System: An Overview and Issues for the 116th Congress Archived | Report | May 17, 2019 |
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 422 | Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
| S 780 | Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Mar 30, 2017 |
| HR 1118 | Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 8, 2019 |
| HR 1119 | Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 14, 2019 |
| HR 1416 | Tribal Marijuana Sovereignty Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 18, 2019 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the gap between Federal and State marijuana policy, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Veterans Equal Access Act of 2019
- Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019
- Fair Access to Education Act of 2019
- Clean Slate for Marijuana Offenses Act of 2019
- MAILS Act
- Marijuana Advertising In Legal States Act
- Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
