I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2703 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the admissibility 
and deportability of aliens acting in accordance with State and foreign 
marijuana laws, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2019 
Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify 
the admissibility and deportability of aliens acting in 
accordance with State and foreign marijuana laws, 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 ‘‘Maintaining Appro-
priate Protections for Legal Entry Act of 2019’’ or the 
‘‘MAPLE Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS ACTING IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH 
STATE 
AND 
FOREIGN 
MARIJUANA 
LAWS. 
Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), by inserting 
after the comma at the end the following: ‘‘except in 
the case of a law or regulation of the United States 
related to marijuana, which conduct was lawful in 
the State, Indian Tribe, or foreign country in which 
the conduct occurred, or a law or regulation of a 
State, Indian Tribe, or foreign country related to 
marijuana, which conduct was subsequently made 
lawful under the law or regulation of such jurisdic-
tion,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting after 
‘‘endeavored to do so’’ the following: ‘‘, except with 
respect to trafficking, sale, or distribution of mari-
juana if the conduct was lawful or subsequently 
made lawful in the State, Indian Tribe, or foreign 
country in which it occurred’’. 
SEC. 3. DEPORTABILITY OF ALIENS ACTING IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH STATE AND FOREIGN MARIJUANA 
LAWS. 
Section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by 
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inserting after ‘‘marijuana’’ the following: ‘‘, an offense 
under a law or regulation of the United States related to 
marijuana, which conduct was lawful in the State, Indian 
Tribe, or foreign country in which the conduct occurred, 
or an offense under a law or regulation of a State, Indian 
Tribe, or foreign country related to marijuana, which con-
duct was subsequently made lawful under the law or regu-
lation of such jurisdiction’’. 
SEC. 4. AGGRAVATED FELONY. 
Section 101(a)(43)(B) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(B)) is amended by in-
serting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 
except with respect to trafficking, sale, or distribution of 
marijuana if the conduct was lawful or subsequently made 
lawful in the State, Indian Tribe, or foreign country in 
which it occurred’’. 
Æ 
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