S.Amdt. 4391

SA 4391. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, and Mrs. Boxer)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. RESEARCH BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON
THERAPEUTIC USES OF CANNABIS PLANT.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may, in
coordination with the National Center for Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder, within the limits of statutory authorities
and funding under other provisions of law, conduct clinical
research on the potential benefits of therapeutic use of the
cannabis plant by veterans--
(1) to treat serious health conditions, such as
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain and
neuropathies, sleep disorders, traumatic brain injury,
seizures, Parkinson's disease, cancer, spinal cord injuries,
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and Crohn's disease; and
(2) as a treatment to achieve and maintain abstinence from
opioids and heroin.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report detailing any efforts of the
Department of Veterans Affairs to expand the conduct of
research described in subsection (a).
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