US Congress House Bill 1538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-14)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CARERS Act of 2015 Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015 Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to provide that control and enforcement provisions of such Act relating to marihuana shall not apply to any person acting in compliance with state law relating to the production, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, laboratory testing, or delivery of medical marihuana. Transfers marihuana from schedule I to schedule II of the CSA. Excludes "cannabidiol" from the definition of "marihuana" and defines it separately as the substance cannabidiol, as derived from marihuana or the synthetic formulation, that contains not greater than 0.3% delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on a dry weight basis. Deems marihuana that is grown or possessed for purposes of making cannabidiol, in accordance with state law, to meet such concentration limitation unless the Attorney General determines that the state law is not reasonably calculated to comply with such definition. Prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance of a depository institution solely because it provides or has provided financial services to a marihuana-related legitimate business; or (2) prohibiting, penalizing, or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from providing financial services to a marihuana-related legitimate business. Prohibits a federal banking regulator from recommending, motivating, providing incentives, or encouraging a depository institution not to offer financial services to an individual, or to downgrade or cancel financial services offered to an individual, solely because: (1) the individual is a manufacturer of marihuana, (2) the individual is or later becomes an owner or operator of a marihuana-related legitimate business, or (3) the depository institution was not aware that the individual is the owner or operator of a marihuana-related legitimate business. Prohibits a federal banking regulator from taking any adverse or corrective supervisory action on a loan to an owner or operator of: (1) a marihuana-related legitimate business soley because the owner or operator is such a business, or (2) real estate or equipment that is leased to a marihuana-related legitimate business solely because it is leased to such a business. Provides depository institutions that provide financial services to a marihuana-related legitimate business protection under federal law from federal criminal prosecution or investigation, criminal penalties, and forfeiture of legal interest in collateral solely for providing financial services to such a business. Directs: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services to terminate the Public Health Service interdisciplinary review process described in the guidance entitled "Guidance on Procedures for the Provision of marihuana for Medical Research" (issued on May 21, 1999), and (2) the Drug Enforcement Administration to issue at least three licenses under CSA registration requirements to manufacture marihuana and marihuana-derivatives for research approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize VA health care providers to provide veterans with recommendations and opinions regarding participation in state marihuana programs.

CARERS Act of 2015 Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Mark Sanford [R-SC]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-23	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2015-03-23	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2015-03-23	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-03-23	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, 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.
2015-03-23	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E385)
2015-03-23	House	Introduced in House

SB683 (Same As) 2015-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1385-1386)
HB667 (Related) 2015-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1940 (Related) 2015-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
SB1726 (Related) 2015-07-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1538/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1538/BILLS-114hr1538ih.pdf