Jonathan Miller, general counsel for the U.S. Hemp

Jonathan Miller, general counsel for the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, an industry group, says the Farm Bill includes the Hemp Farming Act, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and endorsed by 25 other senators, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

“It would permanently remove hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, making it an agricultural commodity” rather than a Schedule 1 substance, Miller says. “And it defines hemp as all parts of the plant under 3% THC, including extracts, derivatives and cannabinoids (such as CBD) from the cannabis plant.”

https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20...hemp-legal



Earlier in the panel's meeting, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pledged that the full Senate will vote on the entire 2018 farm bill before the July 4 recess. McConnell also said he's "hopeful the House will get to theirs, but it will probably look a little different than ours."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/13/senate-agricu...ation.html


SEC. 12608. CONFORMING CHANGES TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL .—Section 102(16) of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(16)) is amended— by striking ‘‘The’’and inserting ‘‘((A) Subject to subparagraph ( , the’’; and by striking ‘‘Such term does not include the’’ and inserting the following:
‘( The term ‘marihuana’ does not include— ‘‘(i) hemp, as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; or ‘‘(ii) the’’.
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL.—Schedule I, as set forth in section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 812(c)), is amended in subsection (c)(17) by
inserting after ‘‘Tetrahydrocannabinols’’ the following: ‘‘,
except for tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (as defined
under section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946)’’.
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Page 1006 formatting didn't paste correctly. Interestingly, the last page on the whole bill.

https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/imo/media/...202018.pdf

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