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HR 4164 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Indian lands and resources rights Public contracts and procurement Water use and supply

Industrial Hemp Water Rights Act

Introduced: June 12, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 27, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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.
Oct 27, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Industrial Hemp Water Rights Act

This bill specifies that the owner of an absolute or conditional water right (including a federally recognized tribe), or an entity that receives or distributes water contracted from the federal government, may, pursuant to applicable water law, use or sell the water for the cultivation of industrial hemp if the growth or cultivation of industrial hemp is otherwise authorized under the laws of the state or tribe in which the use occurs. The bill applies regardless of whether the water has passed through a federal water project.

What's happening now November 17, 2017

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1576 Related bill Industrial Hemp Water Rights Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
Buck, Ken
· Jun 12, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 27, 2017
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 27, 2017
Garrett, Thomas
· Oct 27, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 27, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4164: Industrial Hemp Water Rights Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4164/
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"H.R. 4164: Industrial Hemp Water Rights Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4164/.
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H.R. 4164, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4164/.
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