Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3829
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural research
Congressional oversight
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education programs funding
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2023

This bill establishes programs and requirements to support marijuana research by institutions of higher education.

For example, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to report on the number and status of licenses awarded to entities seeking to manufacture controlled substances and to prioritize institutions of higher education and state or local government entities when awarding such licenses. The DEA must also establish an Office of University Relations to support the ability of researchers and institutions of higher education to obtain these licenses.

The bill also specifies that institutions of higher education may obtain marijuana for research purposes from government entities of the state or tribal area in which they are located if doing so is legal in that state or tribal area, despite federal law. Further, any individual or institution of higher education may participate in such research without losing federal funds.

Finally, the National Institutes of Health must establish (1) a working group to recommend ways to streamline the registration process for marijuana research, and (2) a grant program to support research into medical marijuana. The Department of Agriculture must establish a grant program to support research into marijuana agriculture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House