[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9683]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4854. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Cochran) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
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:

       On page 71, line 3, insert before the period the following: 
     ``; Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be for NASA to conduct 
     further research at the Federal Aviation Administration's six 
     test sites in collaboration with the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft 
     Systems Center of Excellence on UAS use in a broad range of 
     public safety applications over land and maritime 
     environments''.
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  SA 4855. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Lee, Mr. Hatch, 
Mr. Cruz, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Johnson) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself 
and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 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 V, add the following:
       Sec. 539.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enter into a civil settlement agreement on behalf 
     of the United States that includes a term requiring that any 
     donation be made to any nonparty by any party-defendant to 
     such agreement other than a payment that provides restitution 
     for or otherwise directly remedies actual harm (including to 
     the environment) directly and proximately caused by the party 
     making the payment, or constitutes payment for services 
     rendered in connection with the case.
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  SA 4856. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. MARIJUANA RESEARCH.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
     the Drug Enforcement Administration;
       (2) the term ``eligible State'' means a State that, in 
     accordance with State law, permits the production, 
     possession, use, distribution, dispensation, administration, 
     laboratory testing, or delivery of medical and recreational 
     marijuana;
       (3) the term ``marijuana'' has the meaning given the term 
     ``marihuana'' in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 802); and
       (4) the term ``State'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
       (b) Manufacture of Marijuana for Research.--Not later than 
     1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, in order to 
     meet the legitimate research needs of the United States, the 
     Attorney General, acting through the Administrator, shall 
     register not fewer than 3 applicants in each eligible State 
     under section 303(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 823(a)) to manufacture marijuana for research 
     purposes.
       (c) Oversight.--The Attorney General, acting through the 
     Administrator--
       (1) shall directly oversee the registration under 
     subsection (b) in accordance with section 303(a) of the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(a)); and
       (2) may not delegate oversight authority to any other 
     official.
       (d) Quota.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and each year thereafter, the Attorney 
     General, acting through the Administrator, shall establish an 
     annual quota under section 306(a) of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 826(a)) for the production of 
     marijuana for research that is not less than 125 percent of 
     the aggregate production specified in all research 
     applications approved or reasonably expected to be approved 
     during the applicable year by the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services.
       (e) Research Registration Process.--The Attorney General, 
     acting through the Administrator, shall expedite the 
     registration process for research on marijuana under section 
     303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)) 
     for practitioners in eligible States who have been approved 
     by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct such 
     research.

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