[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4832]
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  SA 3071. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2977 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 3944, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Beginning on page 216, strike line 11 and all that follows 
     through page 219, line 4, and insert the following:
       ``(1) Hemp.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `hemp' means the plant Cannabis 
     sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds 
     thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, 
     acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, 
     with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more 
     than 0.3 percent in the plant on a dry weight basis.
       ``(B) Inclusion.--Such term includes industrial hemp.
       ``(C) Exclusions.--Such term does not include--
       ``(i) any viable seeds from a Cannabis sativa L. plant that 
     exceeds a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 0.3 
     percent in the plant on a dry weight basis; or
       ``(ii) any hemp-derived cannabinoid products containing--

       ``(I) cannabinoids that are not capable of being naturally 
     produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant;
       ``(II) cannabinoids that--

       ``(aa) are capable of being naturally produced by a 
     Cannabis sativa L. plant; and
       ``(bb) were synthesized or manufactured outside the plant; 
     or

       ``(III) a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 
     more than 0.3 percent, as determined based on the substance, 
     form, manufacture, or article of the product.

       ``(2) Industrial hemp.--The term `industrial hemp' means 
     hemp--
       ``(A) grown for the use of the stalk of the plant, fiber 
     produced from such a stalk, or any other non-cannabinoid 
     derivative, mixture, preparation, or manufacture of such a 
     stalk;
       ``(B) grown for the use of the whole grain, oil, cake, nut, 
     hull, or any other noncannabinoid compound, derivative, 
     mixture, preparation, or manufacture of the seeds of such 
     plant;
       ``(C) grown for purposes of producing microgreens or other 
     edible hemp leaf products intended for human consumption that 
     are harvested from an immature hemp plant that is grown from 
     seeds that do not exceed the threshold for delta-9 
     tetrahydrocannabinol concentration specified in paragraph 
     (1)(C)(i);
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