S 3501
112th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Horticulture and plants
State and local government operations
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2012
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2012 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of "marihuana." Defines "industrial hemp" to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Deems Cannabis sativa L. to meet that concentration limit if a person grows or processes it for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with state law.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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