H.R. 6209 · 119th Congress
American Hemp Protection Act of 2025
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This bill repeals changes to the regulation of hemp products, which reimpose certain federal controls over some hemp products.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 20, 2025
American Hemp Protection Act of 2025
This bill repeals changes to the regulation of hemp products, which reimpose certain federal controls over some hemp products.
Specifically, Congress enacted the FY2026 agriculture appropriations act (P.L. 119-37) on November 12, 2025. Effective November 12, 2026, the act modifies the statutory definition of hemp products that are considered to be lawful. This bill repeals the changes.
As background, the 2018 farm bill excluded hemp from the Controlled Substances Act definition of marijuana and defined hemp. As a result, hemp and hemp-derived products at or below the 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration threshold were no longer regulated as Schedule I controlled substances. Registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration was no longer required to cultivate or handle hemp and hemp-derived products. However, hemp remained subject to Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration regulation.
The 2025 changes to the definition of hemp, include
- changing the limit to a total THC concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis rather than only delta-9 THC,
- explicitly including industrial hemp,
- excluding seeds from a cannabis plant that exceed a certain THC concentration, and
- excluding various types of hemp-derived cannabinoid products.
Cannabinoids refer to unique chemical compounds that are found in hemp and marijuana (e.g., THC) and are known to exhibit a range of psychological and physiological effects.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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Official title: American Hemp Protection Act of 2025
Latest action (Jan 13, 2026): Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 20, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.