[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2323. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division F, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. _____. INDUSTRIAL HEMP FARMING.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015''.
       (b) Exclusion of Industrial Hemp From Definition of 
     Marihuana.--Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 802) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (16)--
       (A) by striking ``(16) The'' and inserting ``(16)(A) The''; 
     and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) The term `marihuana' does not include industrial 
     hemp.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(57) The term `industrial hemp' means the plant Cannabis 
     sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, 
     with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more 
     than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.''.
       (c) Industrial Hemp Determination by States.--Section 201 
     of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Industrial Hemp Determination.--If a person grows or 
     processes Cannabis sativa L. for purposes of making 
     industrial hemp in accordance with State law, the Cannabis 
     sativa L. shall be deemed to meet the concentration 
     limitation under section 102(57), unless the Attorney General 
     determines that the State law is not reasonably calculated to 
     comply with section 102(57).''.
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