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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1588 

To limit the application of Federal laws to the distribution and consumption 

of marihuana, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SOTO, Ms. 

NORTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. GAETZ, 

Mr. AMASH, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CORREA, 

Mrs. LURIA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr. DEFAZIO) 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 limit the application of Federal laws to the distribution 

and consumption of marihuana, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Federal Mari5 juana Prohibition Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 

2 ACT TO MARIHUANA. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of the Controlled Sub4 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 103. APPLICATION OF THIS ACT TO MARIHUANA. 

7 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN SHIPPING OR

8 TRANSPORTATION.—This Act shall not apply to mari9 huana, except that it shall be unlawful only to ship or 

10 transport, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, 

11 marihuana, from one State, territory, or district of the 

12 United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to 

13 the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory, or 

14 district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to 

15 but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign 

16 country into any State, territory, or district of the United 

17 States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the juris18 diction thereof, when such marihuana is intended, by any 

19 person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, 

20 or in any manner used, either in the original package or 

21 otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, territory, 

22 or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous 

23 to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof. 

24 ‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly violates sub25 section (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States 

26 Code, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control 

3 Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–513; 84 Stat. 1236) is 

4 amended by striking the item relating to section 103 and 

5 inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 103. Application of this Act to marihuana.’’. 

6 SEC. 3. DEREGULATION OF MARIHUANA. 

7 (a) REMOVED FROM SCHEDULE OF CONTROLLED

8 SUBSTANCES.—Subsection (c) of Schedule I of section 

9 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

10 812(c)) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘marihuana’’; and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘tetrahydrocannabinols’’. 

13 (b) REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON IMPORT AND EX14 PORT.—Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Im15 port and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 

18 after the semicolon; 

19 (B) by striking subparagraph (G); and 

20 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 

21 subparagraph (G); 

22 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 

24 after the semicolon; 

25 (B) by striking subparagraph (G); and 


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1 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 

2 subparagraph (G); 

3 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

4 (1), (2), and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and 

5 (2)’’; 

6 (4) by striking paragraph (4); and 

7 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and 

8 (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively. 

9 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CONTROLLED SUB10 STANCES ACT. 

11 The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 

12 seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) in section 102(44) (21 U.S.C. 802(44)), by 

14 striking ‘‘marihuana,’’; 

15 (2) in section 401(b) (21 U.S.C. 841(b))— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

18 (I) in clause (vi), by inserting 

19 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

20 (II) by striking (vii); and 

21 (III) by redesignating clause 

22 (viii) as clause (vii); 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

24 (I) by striking clause (vii); and 


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1 (II) by redesignating clause (viii) 

2 as clause (vii); 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

4 ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’; 

6 (iv) by striking subparagraph (D); 

7 (v) by redesignating subparagraph (E) 

8 as subparagraph (D); and 

9 (vi) in subparagraph (D)(i), as redes10 ignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (C) 

11 and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 

12 (C)’’; 

13 (B) by striking paragraph (4); and 

14 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), 

15 and (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec16 tively; 

17 (3) in section 402(c)(2)(B) (21 U.S.C. 

18 842(c)(2)(B)), by striking ‘‘, marihuana,’’; 

19 (4) in section 403(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. 843(d)(1)), 

20 by striking ‘‘, marihuana,’’; 

21 (5) in section 418(a) (21 U.S.C. 859(a)), by 

22 striking the last sentence; 

23 (6) in section 419(a) (21 U.S.C. 860(a)), by 

24 striking the last sentence; 

25 (7) in section 422(d) (21 U.S.C. 863(d))— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘marijuana,’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, such 

4 as a marihuana cigarette,’’; and 

5 (8) in section 516(d) (21 U.S.C. 886(d)), by 

6 striking ‘‘section 401(b)(6)’’ each place the term ap7 pears and inserting ‘‘section 401(b)(5)’’. 

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