Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1824
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business expenses
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Federal-Indian relations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Minority health
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

 
This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions: 
 
 
to eliminate regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act for marijuana-related activities authorized by state or tribal law (i.e., state-authorized); 
 
 to allow businesses that sell marijuana in compliance with state or tribal law to claim certain federal tax credits and deductions; 
 
to eliminate restrictions on print and broadcast advertising of state-authorized marijuana-related activities; 
 
to create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses; 
 
 to specify that a marijuana-related business is entitled to federal bankruptcy protections; 
 
to establish a process to expunge criminal records related to certain marijuana-related convictions; 
 
 to reestablish federal student aid eligibility for certain students convicted of a misdemeanor offense for marijuana possession; 
 
 to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to state-authorized marijuana-related conduct; 
 
to prohibit the inadmissibility or deportability of aliens for state-authorized marijuana-related conduct; 
 
 to specify that drug-related criminal activity, which is prohibited in federally assisted housing, does not include state-authorized marijuana-related conduct; 
 
to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate medical marijuana research; 
 
 to authorize health care providers employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to recommend participation in state marijuana programs; and 
 
to authorize medical providers through an Indian health program to make medical recommendations regarding marijuana. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House