{"id":49399,"date":"2020-01-09T20:06:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/us-house-is-trying-to-fast-track-weed-legalization-at-the-federal-level\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T20:06:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:06:21","slug":"us-house-is-trying-to-fast-track-weed-legalization-at-the-federal-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/us-house-is-trying-to-fast-track-weed-legalization-at-the-federal-level\/","title":{"rendered":"US House Is Trying to Fast-Track Weed Legalization at the Federal Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next week, a key House committee will be holding a hearing focused on federal cannabis reform, just two months after another committee advanced a comprehensive legalization bill. The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will be holding this hearing, titled \u201cCannabis Policies for the New Decade,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/federal-marijuana-reform-will-get-another-congressional-hearing-next-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>on January 15th<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs public opinion continues to evolve and cannabis policies change at all levels of government, it\u2019s important to bring federal agency officials together to discuss current and future federal cannabis policies,\u201d said Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/health-subcommittee-to-hold-legislative-hearing-on-federal-cannabis-policies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>in a statement<\/u><\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re particularly interested in examining the implications of changing marijuana\u2019s schedule listing, the potential of cannabis research, and federal efforts to review and approve cannabidiol products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond this basic information, the subcommittee has yet to divulge exactly what legislation they might discuss at the hearing. The press release for the hearing promises to provide the Committee Memorandum, the list of witnesses who will give testimony, and a list of bills up for consideration, but none of the specifics have been detailed yet. The hearing will also be available to view as a live webcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Energy and Commerce committee taking up marijuana reform is an unprecedented and welcome development,\u201d said Justin Strekal, political director of NORML, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/federal-marijuana-reform-will-get-another-congressional-hearing-next-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>to <\/u><u><em>Marijuana Moment<\/em><\/u><\/a>. \u201cAs the MORE Act continues to move through the process, the House is poised to become the first chamber of Congress in history to pass a bill to end prohibition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/embed\/gallery\/legalize-it-marijuana-legalization-rally-signs\/1\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Two months ago, the House Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/were-one-step-closer-to-federal-weed-legalization-after-historic-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>voted to approve<\/u><\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.norml.org\/2019\/08\/19\/what-is-the-more-act-and-how-could-it-change-marijuana-policy-forever\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement<\/u><\/a> (MORE) Act, the first time any congressional committee has ever advanced a <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/congress-plans-to-vote-on-federal-cannabis-legalization-this-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>comprehensive cannabis reform<\/u><\/a> measure. If passed, this bill would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, effectively ending federal cannabis prohibition. The bill would impose a five-percent tax on all state-legal weed sales, and would also create a pathway to allow former cannabis offenders to clear their criminal records for good.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the MORE Act advanced further toward a full House vote, after the Small Business Committee agreed to yield jurisdiction over the bill. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), sponsor of the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/federal-marijuana-reform-will-get-another-congressional-hearing-next-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>told <\/u><u><em>Marijuana Moment<\/em><\/u><\/a> that he was \u201ccarrying on conversations\u201d with other committee chairs to see if they would also waive their jurisdictions, allowing the bill to advance more quickly to a vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t anticipate that to be a big problem,\u201d Nadler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/federal-marijuana-reform-will-get-another-congressional-hearing-next-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>said<\/u><\/a>. \u201cWe are looking forward to moving this to the floor at an appropriate time when we\u2019ve done some more educational work and have the votes.\u201d The bill must pass several committees, including Agriculture, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, before it can come up for a full vote.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these committees have not announced their plans to debate or yield jurisdiction over the bill, leaving its future uncertain. An official with the National Resources Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/federal-marijuana-reform-will-get-another-congressional-hearing-next-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>told <\/u><u><em>Marijuana Moment<\/em><\/u><\/a> that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t put us down as a potential obstacle\u201d to the bill&#8217;s success, however, removing one more hurdle on the road to federal legalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key House committee is meeting next week to discuss cannabis policies for the new decade, but will the feds actually make moves to end prohibition?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3036],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US House Is Trying to Fast-Track Weed Legalization at the Federal Level - 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