S.Amdt. 2323

SA 2323. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division F, insert the following:

SEC. _____. INDUSTRIAL HEMP FARMING.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the “Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015”.

(b) Exclusion of Industrial Hemp From Definition of Marihuana.--Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (16)--

(A) by striking “(16) The” and inserting “(16)(A) The”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(B) The term ‘marihuana' does not include industrial hemp.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(57) The term ‘industrial hemp' means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.”.

(c) Industrial Hemp Determination by States.--Section 201 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(i) Industrial Hemp Determination.--If a person grows or processes Cannabis sativa L. for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with State law, the Cannabis sativa L. shall be deemed to meet the concentration limitation under section 102(57), unless the Attorney General determines that the State law is not reasonably calculated to comply with section 102(57).”.