Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

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D BlumenauerSponsor

10 cosponsors · 10 D

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 30, 2017

Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

to eliminate regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act for marijuana-related activities authorized by state or tribal law (i.e., state-authorized);
to allow businesses that sell marijuana in compliance with state or tribal law to claim certain federal tax credits and deductions;
to eliminate restrictions on print and broadcast advertising of state-authorized marijuana-related activities;
to create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses;
to specify that a marijuana-related business is entitled to federal bankruptcy protections;
to establish a process to expunge criminal records related to certain marijuana-related convictions;
to reestablish federal student aid eligibility for certain students convicted of a misdemeanor offense for marijuana possession;
to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to prohibit the inadmissibility or deportability of aliens for state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to specify that drug-related criminal activity, which is prohibited in federally assisted housing, does not include state-authorized marijuana-related conduct;
to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate medical marijuana research;
to authorize health care providers employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to recommend participation in state marijuana programs; and
to authorize medical providers through an Indian health program to make medical recommendations regarding marijuana.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Responsibly Addressing the Marijuana Policy Gap Act of 2017

Latest action (Apr 24, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 30, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.