[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5914. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ACCESS TO 
                   CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SOLELY BECAUSE OF USE OF 
                   CANNABIS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Cannabis.--The term ``cannabis'' has the meaning given 
     the term ``marihuana'' in section 102 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
       (2) Eligibility for access to classified information.--The 
     term ``eligibility for access to classified information'' has 
     the meaning given such term in the procedures established 
     pursuant to section 801(a) of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161(a)).
       (b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, use of cannabis by an individual shall not be 
     determinative to adjudications of the individual's 
     eligibility for access to classified information or 
     eligibility to hold a sensitive position.
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