Agricultural Act of 2014~ 2014 Farm Bill Industrial Hemp Section

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1 SEC. 7606. LEGITIMACY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Controlled

3 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Safe and

4 Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7101

5 et seq.), chapter 81 of title 41, United States Code, or

6 any other Federal law, an institution of higher education

7 (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act

8 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) or a State department of agri9

culture may grow or cultivate industrial hemp if—

10 (1) the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated

11 for purposes of research conducted under an agricul12

tural pilot program or other agricultural or academic

13 research; and

14 (2) the growing or cultivating of industrial

15 hemp is allowed under the laws of the State in which

16 such institution of higher education or State depart17

ment of agriculture is located and such research oc18

curs.

19 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

20 (1) AGRICULTURAL PILOT PROGRAM.—The

21 term ‘‘agricultural pilot program’’ means a pilot pro22

gram to study the growth, cultivation, or marketing

23 of industrial hemp—

24 (A) in States that permit the growth or

25 cultivation of industrial hemp under the laws of

26 the State; and

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1 (B) in a manner that—

2 (i) ensures that only institutions of

3 higher education and State departments of

4 agriculture are used to grow or cultivate

5 industrial hemp;

6 (ii) requires that sites used for grow7

ing or cultivating industrial hemp in a

8 State be certified by, and registered with,

9 the State department of agriculture; and

10 (iii) authorizes State departments of

11 agriculture to promulgate regulations to

12 carry out the pilot program in the States

13 in accordance with the purposes of this

14 section.

15 (2) INDUSTRIAL HEMP.—The term ‘‘industrial

16 hemp’’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any

17 part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a

18 delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not

19 more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.

20 (3) STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—

21 The term ‘‘State department of agriculture’’ means

22 the agency, commission, or department of a State

23 government responsible for agriculture within the

24 State.