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A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including marijuana and other Schedule I drugs,…

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A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including marijuana and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use.

Introduced: September 21, 1998 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 1998
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.
Sep 21, 1998
Introduced in Senate
Sep 21, 1998
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Sep 21, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10665-10666)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the Congress supports the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs and opposes efforts to circumvent this process by legalizing marijuana, and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use without valid scientific evidence and Food and Drug Administration approval.

Directs the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, regarding specified years, on: (1) the total quantity of marijuana eradicated in the United States; and (2) the annual number of arrests and prosecutions for Federal marijuana offenses. Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to report to specified congressional committees on the specific efforts underway to enforce specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding marijuana and other Schedule I drugs.

What's happening now September 22, 1998

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.

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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Oct 12, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 56: A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including marijuana and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-56/
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"S.J. Res. 56: A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including marijuana and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-56/.
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S.J. Res. 56, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-56/.
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[S.J. Res. 56: A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including marijuana and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SJRES-56/)
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