$MJ JANUARY 19, 2018 Federal budget is renewed

$MJ JANUARY 19, 2018

Federal budget is renewed with both Rohrabacher-Blumenauer and McClintock-Polis amendments included as a direct result of Sessions' recession of the Cole Memo on 1/4/18


Below is a list of the marijuana-specific legislation that gained new co-sponsors on Monday, with bill number, bill name, total co-sponsors and new co-sponsors.


House Bill 975 — Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017: amending the Controlled Substances Act so that its language does not apply to people complying with state marijuana laws.
Total co-sponsors: 35
New co-sponsors: Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa.; Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif.; Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Calif.; Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas; Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo.; Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-N.Y.; Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill.; Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash.; Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla.; Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.


House Bill 1227 — Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017: a bill to deregulate marijuana federally and include prohibitions such as interstate sales and trafficking.
Total co-sponsors: 19
New co-sponsors: Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass.; Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.; Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.; Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Calif.


House Bill 1823 — Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act: amending the Internal Revenue Code to provide for taxation and regulation of marijuana products.
Total co-sponsors: Nine.
New co-sponsors (Jan. 8, 2018): Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.


House Bill 1841 — Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act: removing marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act; transition oversight of marijuana to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and to treat marijuana similar to alcohol under federal statutes.
Total co-sponsors: 21
New co-sponsors: Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa.; Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio.

http://www.thecannabist.co/2018/01/09/federal...ors/96316/

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