Second Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-2071
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Firearms and explosives

Retail and wholesale trades
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Second Amendment Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill removes the federal prohibition on the sale, purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition for an individual who uses marijuana for medical purposes in accordance with state law. (Currently, marijuana is on the list of controlled substances, and an individual who illegally uses or is addicted to a controlled substance, including marijuana, is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.)</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2071 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2019 Mr. Mooney of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sale, purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition by a user of medical marijuana, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Second Amendment Protection Act . 2. Exemptions for medical marihauna use from grounds for firearm and ammunition prohibitions (a) Exemption for medical marihuana Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting before the semicolon the following: (except that an individual shall not be treated as an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance based on the individual using marihuana for a medical purpose in accordance with State law) ; and (2) in subsection (g)(3), by inserting before the semicolon the following: (except that an individual shall not be treated as an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance based on the individual using marihuana for a medical purpose in accordance with State law) . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.