[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5592 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5592

   To prohibit the use of Federal funds from preventing a State from 
        implementing their own laws with respect to psilocybin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2023

   Mr. Robert Garcia of California (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and 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 prohibit the use of Federal funds from preventing a State from 
        implementing their own laws with respect to psilocybin.

    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 ``Validating Independence for State 
Initiatives on Organic Natural Substances Act of 2023'' or the 
``VISIONS Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO 
              PSILOCYBIN.

    (a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be used to prevent any State 
or unit of local government from implementing such State's or unit of 
local government's own laws that authorize the use, distribution, sale, 
possession, research, or cultivation of psilocybin.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.
            (2) Unit of local government.--The term ``unit of local 
        government'' means a county, municipality, town, township, 
        village, or other unit of general government below the State 
        level.
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