Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1119
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 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
Free trade and trade barriers
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
Trade agreements and negotiations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2019

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
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 Labor, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and 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: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House