Members of Congress have reintroduced legislation to amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp.
House Bill 525 has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The measure has 49 co-sponsors. The measure has 49 co-sponsors. Senate companion legislation, S. 134, is also pending.
If enacted, the measure would exclude low-THC strains of cannabis grown for industrial purposes from the federal definition of marijuana.
Twenty-one states states have already enacted legislation redefining hemp as an agricultural commodity and allowing for state-sponsored research and/or commercial cultivation of the crop. Last year, members of Congress approved language in the omnibus federal Farm Bill explicitly authorizing states to sponsor hemp research absent federal reclassification of the plant.
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National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws – Advocacy Campaigns
