[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3097 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3097

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an exception 
  from the grounds of inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis 
            business operating in compliance with State law.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2019

Mr. Gardner (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an exception 
  from the grounds of inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis 
            business operating in compliance with State law.

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

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION FOR PARTICIPATION IN CANNABIS BUSINESSES OPERATING 
              IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.

    Section 212(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) 
        and (bb), respectively, and moving the items two ems to the 
        right;
            (2) by striking the clause designation and heading and all 
        that follows through ``if--'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) Exceptions.--
                                    ``(I) Petty offense.--Clause (i)(I) 
                                shall not apply to an alien who 
                                committed only one crime if--''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(II) Lawful cannabis business.--
                                Clause (i)(II) shall not apply to an 
                                alien who admits having committed, or 
                                who admits committing, acts--
                                            ``(aa) carried out in 
                                        compliance with State law; and
                                            ``(bb) relating to 
                                        participation by the alien in a 
                                        cannabis business operating in 
                                        compliance with State law.''.
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