Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States representative to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs should use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to seek to de-schedule cannabis from Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and take other related actions.

Bill: 117-hconres-81
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2022-03-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This concurrent resolution expresses that it is the sense of Congress that the President should direct the U.S. representative to the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the commission to seek to de-schedule cannabis from Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, expunge and forgive penalties related to cannabis for prior offenders, and treat cannabis as a commodity similar to other agricultural commodities.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 81 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2022 Ms. Mace (for herself and Ms. Lee of California ) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States representative to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs should use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to seek to de-schedule cannabis from Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and take other related actions.

That it is the sense of Congress that the President should direct the United States representative to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the Commission to seek to de-schedule cannabis from Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, expunge and forgive penalties relating to cannabis for prior offenders, and treat cannabis as a commodity similar to other agricultural commodities.