Small and Homestead Independent Producers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8825
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2022-09-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Small and Homestead Independent Producers Act of 2022 </b></p> <p>This bill provides authority for small cultivators of marijuana and small manufacturers of marijuana products to ship and sell the marijuana or marijuana products using the U.S. Postal Service or a private or commercial interstate carrier.</p> <p>Specifically, marijuana or a marijuana product may be shipped or sold to individuals within a state or another state in which the possession of it is lawful by such individuals.</p> <p>The bill takes effect on the date on which marijuana is removed from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and federal criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana, are eliminated.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8825 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 2022 Mr. Huffman (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , 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 provide authority for small cultivators of marijuana and small manufacturers of marijuana products to ship marijuana and marijuana products using the mail, and for other purpose.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small and Homestead Independent Producers Act of 2022 . 2. Authority for small cultivators and manufacturers of marijuana to ship marijuana in the mail A small cultivator of marijuana and a small manufacturer of a marijuana product may ship and sell marijuana or a marijuana product to an individual located in that State or another State in which possession of marijuana or the marijuana product is lawful by that individual, using the Postal Service or any private or commercial interstate carrier. 3. Preemption This Act preempts the laws of any State to the extent that such laws are inconsistent with this Act. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) The term small cultivator of marijuana means a person who cultivates one acre or less of mature flowering marijuana plant canopy using outdoor cultivation, 22,000 square feet or less of marijuana plant canopy using greenhouse cultivation, or 5,000 square feet or fewer of mature flowering marijuana plant canopy using indoor cultivation, inclusive of all marijuana cultivated by that person. (2) The term small manufacturer of a marijuana product means a person who produces a manufactured marijuana product, including a salve, tincture, edible, or concentrate, with a gross annual revenue of less than $5,000,000, inclusive of all marijuana product manufactured by that person. (3) The term person has the meaning given such term in section 1 of title 1, United States Code. (4) The term outdoor cultivation means the cultivation of mature cannabis without the use of artificial lighting or heating in the canopy area at any point in time, and may include the use of light deprivation. (5) The term light deprivation means the use of any technique to eliminate natural light in order to induce flowering. (6) The term greenhouse cultivation means the cultivation of mature cannabis in a structure utilizing artificial light at a rate above zero watts per square foot, but no more than six watts per square foot. (7) The term indoor cultivation means the cultivation of mature cannabis in a structure with the use of artificial light at a rate above six watts per square foot in the canopy area. (8) The term canopy means the area that contains mature cannabis plants at any point in time. (9) The term mature means, with respect to a cannabis plant, a cannabis plant that is flowering. 5. Effective date This Act shall take effect on the date on which marijuana is removed from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and Federal criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana, are eliminated.