[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3953. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, and Mrs. Boxer) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 
2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II of division B, add the following:
       Sec. 251. (a) Research on Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis 
     Plant.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may, in 
     coordination with the National Center for Posttraumatic 
     Stress Disorder, within the limits of statutory authorities 
     and funding under other provisions of law, conduct clinical 
     research on the potential benefits of therapeutic use of the 
     cannabis plant by veterans--
       (1) to treat serious health conditions, such as 
     posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain and 
     neuropathies, sleep disorders, traumatic brain injury, 
     seizures, Parkinson's disease, cancer, spinal cord injuries, 
     human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and Crohn's disease; and
       (2) as a treatment to achieve and maintain abstinence from 
     opioids and heroin.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     detailing any efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     to expand the conduct of research described in subsection 
     (a).
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