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HEMP Act of 2020

Introduced: December 15, 2020 Introduced by: Paul, Rand Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Dec 15, 2020
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Hemp Economic Mobilization Plan Act of 2020 or the HEMP Act of 2020

This bill modifies the definition of hemp to raise the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) limit from 0.3% to 1%, and requires hemp shipments to contain a copy of a seed certification showing such hemp was grown from not more than 1% THC seed.

What's happening now December 15, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5017: HEMP Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5017/
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"S. 5017: HEMP Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5017/.
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S. 5017, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5017/.
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[S. 5017: HEMP Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5017/)
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