WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1866, The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009

Comment by alitl8 (September 17, 2009, 01:00:00)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

you cant have a GREEN economy without hemp... it's that simple!...

Revision by webmaster (May 28, 2009, 01:00:00)

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1866 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana.

Detailed Summary

Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009 - 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 that does not exceed 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Grants a state regulating the growing and processing of industrial hemp exclusive authority, in any criminal or civil action or administrative proceeding, to determine whether any such plant meets that concentration limit.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 5/26/2009: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Points in Favor

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Points Against

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Status as of May 26, 2009

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

5/26/2009: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Comment by ProHemp (May 17, 2009, 01:00:00)

Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Do your part for the war- Grow HEMP!! America should be ashamed for permitting hemp to be outlawed for so long!! This bill needs to pass!! Anyone voting against it should be kicked out of office...Do you research Congress!...

Comment by Brinna Nanda (May 3, 2009, 01:00:00)

Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Hemp is an earth friendly, renewable resource that provides a source for bio-fuels, plastics, oil, seed, building materials, fiber, high quality protein, essential fatty acids. It has virtually no THC, cannot "get you high". And no one could successfully try to hide "marijuana" in the middle of it, because it would lose potency due to cross pollination. Hemp was a billion dollar business in 1937. Today it has the potential of becoming a huge economic engine for stressed farmlands. Today we have to import all our hemp. We are the only developed nation that prohibits it. It is time to move beyond the misinformation that caused it to be prohibited in the first place....

Revision by webmaster (April 28, 2009, 01:00:00)

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1866 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana.

Detailed Summary

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

Points in Favor

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Points Against

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Comment by Cece (April 6, 2009, 01:00:00)

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Hemp is not marijuana. Hemp is a very good answer to some of the poblems we are facing. "I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not tell a lie; I can, but won't" Mark Twain...

Revision by webmaster (April 3, 2009, 01:00:00)

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1866 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

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Points in Favor

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Points Against

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Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1866 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

Points in Favor

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Points Against

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Status as of April 2, 2009

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

4/2/2009: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.