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: October 27, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.