Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2017

3.0.0 780 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z Senate S 2017-03-30 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-30T16:20:41Z Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2017 115 3391 HR 2017-09-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS Veterans Equal Access Act 115 1820 HR 2017-03-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017 115 1824 HR 2017-04-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017 115 777 S 2017-03-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017 115 1810 HR 2017-03-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS States' Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act 115 331 HR 2017-01-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS 2017-03-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Crime and Law Enforcement Alternative treatments Bank accounts, deposits, capital Banking and financial institutions regulation Bankruptcy Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Business expenses Business records Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Veterans Affairs Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Federal-Indian relations Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Higher education Housing and community development funding Immigration status and procedures Income tax credits Income tax deductions Indian social and development programs Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Marketing and advertising Medical research Minority health Personnel records State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Veterans' medical care Crime and Law Enforcement

00 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-22T20:27:16Z Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

to eliminate regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act for marijuana-related activities authorized by state or tribal law (i.e., state-authorized);
to allow businesses that sell marijuana in compliance with state or tribal law to claim certain federal tax credits and deductions;
to eliminate restrictions on print and broadcast advertising of state-authorized marijuana-related activities;
to create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses;
to specify that a marijuana-related business is entitled to federal bankruptcy protections;
to establish a process to expunge criminal records related to certain marijuana-related convictions;
to reestablish federal student aid eligibility for certain students convicted of a misdemeanor offense for marijuana possession;
to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to prohibit the inadmissibility or deportability of aliens for state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to specify that drug-related criminal activity, which is prohibited in federally assisted housing, does not include state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate medical marijuana research;
to authorize health care providers employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to recommend participation in state marijuana programs; and
to authorize medical providers through an Indian health program to make medical recommendations regarding marijuana.

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Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017 Display Title Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the gap between Federal and State marijuana policy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill MAILS Act Short Titles as Introduced Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Veterans Equal Access Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Marijuana Advertising In Legal States Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Fair Access to Education Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Clean Slate for Marijuana Offenses Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s780is/xml/BILLS-115s780is.xml 2017-03-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.