Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States representative to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs should use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to seek to de-schedule cannabis from Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and take other related actions.
Latest action · Mar 21, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2022
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This concurrent resolution expresses that it is the sense of Congress that the President should direct the U.S. representative to the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the commission to seek to de-schedule cannabis from Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, expunge and forgive penalties related to cannabis for prior offenders, and treat cannabis as a commodity similar to other agricultural commodities.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2022 to Nov 29, 2022, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 16, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 29, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
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- Mar 21, 2022Introduced in House
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