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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2012
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide that Federal law shall
not preempt State law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 1, 2019
Ms. DEGETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide that
Federal law shall not preempt State law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Respect States’ and
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Citizens’ Rights Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.
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Section 708 of the Controlled Substances Act (21
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U.S.C. 903) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘No provision’’ and inserting
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‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
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section (b), no provision’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING STATE MARIHUANA
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LAWS.—In the case of any State law that pertains to mar-
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ihuana, no provision of this title shall be construed as indi-
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cating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy
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the field in which that provision operates, including crimi-
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nal penalties, to the exclusion of State law on the same
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subject matter, nor shall any provision of this title be con-
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strued as preempting any such State law.’’.
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