S.Amdt. 4254

SA 4254. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Merkley) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. EXCLUSION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP FROM DEFINITION OF
MARIHUANA.

(a) In General.--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.''.
(b) 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:
``(k) 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).''.
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