H.R. 2682 · 118th Congress
Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act.
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 118th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
LeeSponsor15 cosponsors · 13 D, 2 R
D
Blumenauer
SC
D
Cohen
TC
D
Carter
SC
D
Cherfilus-McCormick
SD
D
DelBene
SJ
D
Jackson Lee
DJ
R
Joyce
SJ
D
Jacobs
NM
R
Mace
EN
D
Norton
JS
D
Schakowsky
MS
D
Strickland
DT
D
Titus
HS
D
Scholten
KP
D
Porter13 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill authorizes activities related to medical marijuana use by veterans and provides for research on medical marijuana use by veterans.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 18, 2023
Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act
This bill authorizes activities related to medical marijuana use by veterans and provides for research on medical marijuana use by veterans.
Specifically, the bill authorizes (1) a veteran to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana in accordance with applicable state or Native American tribal law; (2) a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) physician to discuss with a veteran the use of medical marijuana as a treatment if the physician is in a state or on tribal land that authorizes such treatment; or (3) a VA physician to recommend, complete forms for, or register veterans for participation in a medical marijuana treatment program in accordance with applicable state or tribal law. These authorizations expire after five years.
The bill also requires the VA to report on (1) the use of medical marijuana by veterans to manage pain and to treat diseases and disorders (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder); and (2) the relationship between state-approved medical marijuana treatment programs, program access, and opioid use and misuse reduction.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act.
Latest action (Apr 18, 2023): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 18, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.