Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4046
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-02-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Government studies and investigations

Medical research

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to repeal a provision requiring the Director of National Drug Control Policy to: (1) ensure that no federal funds appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy are expended for any study or contract relating to the legalization (for a medical or any other use) of a substance listed in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (which includes marijuana), and (2) oppose any attempt to legalize the use of any such substance that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved for use for medical purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4046 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2014 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary , 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 A BILL To strike provisions that prohibit the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy from studying the legalization of marijuana, that require the Director to oppose any attempt to legalize marijuana, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014 . 2. Removal of restriction and requirement on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy relating to marijuana Section 704(b) of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 ( 21 U.S.C. 1703(b) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (12); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (20) as paragraphs (12) through (19), respectively; and (3) in paragraph (13)(A), as so redesignated, by striking paragraph (13) and inserting paragraph (12) .