US Congress House Bill 525 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-18)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-15 - 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]

Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of "marihuana." Defines "industrial hemp" to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Deems Cannabis sativa L. to meet that concentration limit if a person grows or processes it for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with state law.

Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013

Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Trey Radel [R-FL]
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
2013-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-02-06	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-02-06	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-02-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

SB359 (Related) 2013-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S784)
HB5226 (Related) 2014-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/525/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr525/BILLS-113hr525ih.pdf