3.0.0 4386 2023-01-11T13:45:32Z 2023-01-11T13:45:32Z Senate S 2020-07-30 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-30T20:27:16Z 2020-07-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Department of Justice Department of Transportation Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Government information and archives Health promotion and preventive care Law enforcement administration and funding Medical research Racial and ethnic relations Research administration and funding Retail and wholesale trades Roads and highways Trade restrictions Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-16T13:18:52Z Substance Regulation and Safety Act of 2020

This bill decriminalizes cannabis and contains other related provisions.

Specifically, the bill removes marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols, commonly known as THC, from the schedule of controlled substances and removes references to such substances from various criminal provisions. Such changes related to decriminalization shall be retroactive to apply to cases from before this bill's enactment.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shall regulate cannabis products in the same manner as the FDA's regulation of tobacco, including prohibiting any retailer from selling cannabis products to an individual younger than 21 years of age. The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture to promulgate regulations relating to the production and quality control of cannabis, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prescribe regulations relating to the import and export of cannabis.

The bill also requires each national research institute and national center to (1) evaluate each application for medical research related to cannabis on the same basis as it would any other application for medical research, and (2) not deny an application for financial assistance solely due to the fact that the research relates to cannabis.

In addition, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy to prevent youth use and abuse of cannabis. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall research and publicly report on methods for detecting cannabis-impaired driving. Both the strategy and the research shall address whether any proposed strategies or methods would have racially disparate impacts.

]]> Substance Regulation and Safety Act of 2020 Display Title Substance Regulation and Safety Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Substance Regulation and Safety Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to decriminalize and reschedule cannabis, to provide for the regulation of cannabis and cannabis products to protect public health and safety, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4386is/xml/BILLS-116s4386is.xml 2020-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.