[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4391. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, and Mrs. Boxer) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. RESEARCH BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON 
                   THERAPEUTIC USES OF CANNABIS PLANT.

       (a) In General.--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 Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs 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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