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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4815 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding 
the application of the Act to marihuana, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2018 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. POLIS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida, Mr. POCAN, Ms. GABBARD, and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, 
Natural Resources, and Financial Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a 
new rule regarding the application of the Act to mari-
huana, 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 ‘‘Marijuana Justice Act 
of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. DE-SCHEDULING MARIHUANA. 
(a) MARIHUANA REMOVED FROM SCHEDULE
OF 
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.—Subsection (c) of schedule 
I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 812) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘marihuana’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘tetrahydrocannabinols’’. 
(b) REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON IMPORT AND EX-
PORT.—Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Im-
port and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (G); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
subparagraph (G); 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (G); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
subparagraph (G); 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and 
(2)’’; 
(4) by striking paragraph (4); and 
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(5) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and 
(7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCES ACT.—The Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 102(44) (21 U.S.C. 802(44)), by 
striking ‘‘marihuana,’’; 
(2) in section 401(b) (21 U.S.C. 841(b))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (vi), by inserting 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(II) by striking (vii); and 
(III) 
by 
redesignating 
clause 
(viii) as clause (vii); 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking clause (vii); and 
(II) by redesignating clause (viii) 
as clause (vii); 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), in the first 
sentence, by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graphs (A) and (B)’’; 
(iv) by striking subparagraph (D); 
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