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HR 964 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Drug trafficking and controlled substances Federal preemption State and local government operations

Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013

Introduced: March 5, 2013 Introduced by: DeGette, Diana Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Mar 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 5, 2013
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 5, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that, in the case of any state law that pertains to marihuana, no provision of such Act shall be construed as indicating congressional intent to: (1) occupy the field in which that provision operates, including criminal penalties, to the exclusion of state law on the same subject matter; or (2) preempt any such state law.

What's happening now April 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 3
Perlmutter, Ed
· Mar 10, 2014
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 26, 2014
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Jan 16, 2014
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 9, 2013
Blumenauer, Earl
· Jun 11, 2013
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Jun 3, 2013
Lee, Barbara
· Jun 3, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 3, 2013
Coffman, Mike
· Mar 5, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 964: Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-964/
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"H.R. 964: Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-964/.
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H.R. 964, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-964/.
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