A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an exception from the grounds of inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis business operating in compliance with State law.

Bill: 116-s-3097
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-12-18
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Immigration status and procedures

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill establishes that an alien's lawful participation in a cannabis business that is compliant with state law shall not make the alien inadmissible into the United States. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3097 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 18, 2019 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Ms. Warren ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an exception from the grounds of inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis business operating in compliance with State law.

1. Exception for participation in cannabis businesses operating in compliance with State law Section 212(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(ii) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and moving the items two ems to the right; (2) by striking the clause designation and heading and all that follows through if— and inserting the following: (ii) Exceptions (I) Petty offense Clause (i)(I) shall not apply to an alien who committed only one crime if— ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (II) Lawful cannabis business Clause (i)(II) shall not apply to an alien who admits having committed, or who admits committing, acts— (aa) carried out in compliance with State law; and (bb) relating to participation by the alien in a cannabis business operating in compliance with State law. .