[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 62 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     MEDICAL MARIJUANA RESEARCH ACT

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                               speech of

                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 4, 2022

  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record an exchange of 
correspondence between myself and Chairman Jerry Nadler acknowledging 
the Committee on Judiciary's agreement to waive consideration of H.R. 
5657 and the Committee on Energy and Commerce's acknowledgement that 
such waiver does not in any way diminish or alter the Committee's 
jurisdiction on this or similar legislation in the future.

                                         House of Representatives,


                                   Committee on the Judiciary,

                                   Washington, DC, March 31, 2022.
     Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr.,
     Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Pallone: This letter is to advise you that 
     the Committee on the Judiciary has now had an opportunity to 
     review the provisions in H.R. 5657, the ``Medical Marijuana 
     Research Act,'' that fall within our Rule X jurisdiction. I 
     appreciate your consulting with us on those provisions. The 
     Judiciary Committee has no objection to your including them 
     in the bill for consideration on the House floor, and to 
     expedite that consideration is willing to forgo action on 
     H.R. 5657, with the understanding that we do not thereby 
     waive any future jurisdictional claim over those provisions 
     or their subject matters.
       In the event a House-Senate conference on this or similar 
     legislation is convened, the Judiciary Committee reserves the 
     right to request an appropriate number of conferees to 
     address any concerns with these or similar provisions that 
     may arise in conference.
       Please place this letter into the Congressional Record 
     during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank 
     you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked 
     regarding this matter and others between our committees.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Jerrold Nadler,
                                                         Chairman.
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                                         House of Representatives,


                             Committee on Energy and Commerce,

                                    Washington, DC, April 1, 2022.
     Hon. Jerrold Nadler,
     Chairman, Committee on Judiciary,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Nadler: Thank you for consulting with the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce and agreeing to be 
     discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5657, the 
     ``Medical Marijuana Research Act,'' so that the bill may 
     proceed expeditiously to the House floor.
       I agree that your forgoing further action on this measure 
     does not in any way diminish or alter the jurisdiction of 
     your committee or prejudice its jurisdictional prerogatives 
     on this measure or similar legislation in the future. I would 
     support your effort to seek appointment of an appropriate 
     number of conferees from your committee to any House-Senate 
     conference on this legislation.
       I will ensure our letters on H.R. 5657 are entered into the 
     Congressional Record during floor consideration of the bill. 
     I appreciate your cooperation regarding this legislation and 
     look forward to continuing to work together as this measure 
     moves through the legislative process.
           Sincerely,
                                               Frank Pallone, Jr.,
     Chairman.

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