[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 363 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 363

   To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sale, 
 purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition 
        by a user of medical marijuana, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2023

   Mr. Mooney (for himself, Mr. Massie, and Mr. Mast) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sale, 
 purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition 
        by a user of medical marijuana, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Second Amendment Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIHAUNA USE FROM GROUNDS FOR FIREARM 
              AND AMMUNITION PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) Exemption for Medical Marihuana.--Section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting before the semicolon 
        the following: ``(except that an individual shall not be 
        treated as an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled 
        substance based on the individual using marihuana for a medical 
        purpose in accordance with State law)''; and
            (2) in subsection (g)(3), by inserting before the semicolon 
        the following: ``(except that an individual shall not be 
        treated as an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled 
        substance based on the individual using marihuana for a medical 
        purpose in accordance with State law)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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