[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1265 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1265

To assure appropriate disincentives to the illegal use of marijuana in 
those States where there is an exception for medicinal purposes to the 
prohibition against the use of marijuana by denying Federal benefits to 
              persons convicted of certain drug offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 1997

 Mr. Solomon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To assure appropriate disincentives to the illegal use of marijuana in 
those States where there is an exception for medicinal purposes to the 
prohibition against the use of marijuana by denying Federal benefits to 
              persons convicted of certain drug offenses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Marijuana Deterrence Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. DENIAL OF FEDERAL BENEFITS TO PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN DRUG 
              OFFENSES.

    Section 421 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 862) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Special Rule for Convictions in Certain States.--In any State 
in which it is not unlawful under State law for a person to use 
marijuana for medicinal purposes, an individual who is convicted of a 
State offense after the date of the enactment of this subsection shall 
be ineligible for benefits as provided in subsection (a) or (b) without 
regard to any discretion of the court.''.
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