Protecting Individual Liberties and States' Rights Act

Bill: 113-hr-3483
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-11-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Firearms and explosives

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Protecting Individual Liberties and States' Rights Act - Amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of a "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" for purposes of firearms prohibitions to specifically exclude any offense pertaining to marijuana that occurs in a state if the conduct constituting the offense is lawful under the law of the state. </p> <p>Provides that the prohibition against knowingly selling or otherwise disposing of a firearm or ammunition to any person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance, and the prohibition against such a person transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, shall not apply with respect to a sale or other disposition to, or the transportation, possession, or receipt by, a person if: (1) the controlled substance is marijuana, (2) the possession of marijuana is lawful under the law of the state, and (3) the person is a resident of the state.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3483 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2013 Mr. Polis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide exceptions from the firearm prohibitions otherwise applicable in relation to marijuana if its possession is lawful under State law.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Individual Liberties and States' Rights Act . 2. Exceptions from firearm prohibitions otherwise applicable in relation to marijuana if its possession is lawful under State law (a) Prohibitions applicable to felons and persons subject to a felony indictment Section 921(a)(20) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the 1st sentence— (1) by striking or at the end of subparagraph (A); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting , or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (C) any offense pertaining to marijuana that occurs in a State if the conduct constituting the offense is lawful under the law of the State. . (b) Prohibitions applicable to unlawful users of, or persons addicted to, a controlled substance (1) Sale or other disposition Section 922(d) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: Paragraph (3) of the 1st sentence of this subsection shall not apply with respect to a sale or other disposition to a person who is in a State if the controlled substance involved is marijuana, the possession of marijuana is lawful under the law of the State, and the person is a resident of the State. . (2) Receipt, etc Section 922(g) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: Paragraph (3) of the preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to conduct of a person in a State if the controlled substance involved is marijuana, the possession of marijuana is lawful under the law of the State, and the person is a resident of the State. . (c) Marijuana defined Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: (36) The term marijuana has the meaning given the term marihuana in section 102(16) of the Controlled Substances Act. .