I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4595 
To provide authority for small cultivators of cannabis and small manufactur-
ers of cannabis products to ship cannabis and cannabis products using 
the mail, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2025 
Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself and Ms. HOYLE of Oregon) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and 
Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide authority for small cultivators of cannabis and 
small manufacturers of cannabis products to ship can-
nabis and cannabis products using the mail, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small and Homestead 
Independent Producers Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR SMALL CULTIVATORS AND MANU-
FACTURERS OF CANNABIS TO SHIP CAN-
NABIS IN THE MAIL. 
A small cultivator of cannabis and a small manufac-
turer of a cannabis product located in a State in which 
such cultivation or manufacture is lawful by that small 
cultivator or small manufacturer, as applicable, may ship 
and sell cannabis or a cannabis product to an individual 
located in that State or another State in which possession 
of cannabis or the cannabis product is lawful by that indi-
vidual, using the United States Postal Service or any pri-
vate or commercial interstate carrier. 
SEC. 3. AGE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
The Postal Service and any private or commercial 
interstate carrier that transports cannabis or a cannabis 
product, as authorized under section 2, may not deliver 
such cannabis or a cannabis product to an individual who 
has not attained the age of 21, and shall verify the age 
of any individual accepting receipt of such a delivery using 
a reliable online age verification service or by obtaining 
and examining a copy of a valid, non-expired government- 
issued identification, including identification issued by an 
Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 4. PREEMPTION. 
(a) STATES IN WHICH CANNABIS IS UNLAWFUL.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt or su-
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persede any State law that prohibits the manufacture, dis-
tribution, or possession of cannabis for all individuals in 
that State, except for the purpose of permitting the inter-
state transport of cannabis through that State to a final 
destination in a State in which possession of cannabis is 
lawful by the intended recipient. 
(b) STATES IN WHICH CANNABIS IS LAWFUL.—This 
Act preempts the laws of a State that does not prohibit 
the manufacture, distribution, or possession of cannabis 
for all individuals in that State (except with respect to 
age limitations) to the extent that such laws restrict the 
interstate or intrastate shipment of cannabis or a cannabis 
product directly to an individual with respect to whom the 
possession of cannabis or a cannabis product is lawful 
under the laws of the State. 
SEC. 5. MAILABILITY OF CANNABIS. 
Section 1716 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) 
as subsections (i) through (l), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h)(1) The Postal Service is authorized and directed 
to permit the transmission in the mails, under regulations 
to be prescribed by it, of cannabis, to the extent that the 
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mailing is allowable under the Small and Homestead Inde-
pendent Producers Act of 2025. 
‘‘(2) In this section, the term ‘cannabis’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘marijuana’ in section 102 of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).’’. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘cannabis’’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘marijuana’’ in section 102 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 
(2) The term ‘‘small cultivator of cannabis’’ 
means a person who cultivates one acre or less of 
mature flowering cannabis plant canopy using out-
door cultivation, 22,000 square feet or less of can-
nabis plant canopy using greenhouse cultivation, or 
5,000 square feet or fewer of mature flowering can-
nabis plant canopy using indoor cultivation, inclusive 
of all cannabis cultivated by that person. 
(3) The term ‘‘small manufacturer of a can-
nabis product’’ means a person who produces a 
manufactured cannabis product, including a salve, 
tincture, edible, or concentrate, with a gross annual 
revenue of less than $5,000,000, inclusive of all can-
nabis product manufactured by that person. 
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(4) The term ‘‘person’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1 of title 1, United States 
Code. 
(5) The term ‘‘outdoor cultivation’’ means the 
cultivation of mature cannabis without the use of ar-
tificial lighting or heating in the canopy area at any 
point in time, and may include the use of light dep-
rivation. 
(6) The term ‘‘light deprivation’’ means the use 
of any technique to eliminate natural light in order 
to induce flowering. 
(7) The term ‘‘greenhouse cultivation’’ means 
the cultivation of mature cannabis in a structure uti-
lizing artificial light at a rate above zero watts per 
square foot, but no more than six watts per square 
foot. 
(8) The term ‘‘indoor cultivation’’ means the 
cultivation of mature cannabis in a structure with 
the use of artificial light at a rate above six watts 
per square foot in the canopy area. 
(9) The term ‘‘canopy’’ means the area that 
contains mature cannabis plants at any point in 
time. 
(10) The term ‘‘mature’’ means, with respect to 
a cannabis plant, a cannabis plant that is flowering. 
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SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect on the date on which cannabis is removed 
from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled 
Substances Act, and Federal criminal penalties for an in-
dividual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses can-
nabis, are eliminated. 
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