State Cannabis Commerce Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3546 To prevent Federal agencies from interfering with the marijuana policy of States. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 27, 2019 Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 A BILL To prevent Federal agencies from interfering with the marijuana policy of States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Cannabis Com- 4 merce Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. STATES MARIJUANA POLICY. 6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:26 Jul 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3546.IH H3546 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3546 IH (1) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 1 agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 2 in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 3 (2) MARIJUANA.—The term ‘‘marijuana’’ has 4 the meaning given the term ‘‘marihuana’’ in section 5 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 6 802). 7 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 8 State, the District of Columbia, any territory or pos- 9 session of the United States, or any Indian tribal 10 government. 11 (b) PROHIBITIONS.—No funds authorized or appro- 12 priated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust 13 fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by 14 Federal law, shall be expended to prevent any State from 15 implementing any law of the State that— 16 (1) authorizes the use, distribution, possession, 17 or cultivation of marijuana on non-Federal land in 18 the State; or 19 (2) authorizes the transportation of marijuana 20 across the border of the State if— 21 (A) the State from which the marijuana is 22 transported has a State law described in para- 23 graph (1); and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:26 Jul 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3546.IH H3546 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3546 IH (B) the State and the State from which 1 the marijuana is transported have both author- 2 ized such transportation of marijuana between 3 the States. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:26 Jul 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3546.IH H3546 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS