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1 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.
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2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
4 (b) LIMITATION ON USE.—Funds appropriated under this Act may not be used for international travel.
113TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1635
To establish the National
Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy.
IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 18, 2013
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. POLIS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FARR, and Mr.MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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
A BILL
To establish the National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy Act of 2013’’.
6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
7 Congress finds the following:
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1 (9) The Federal Government must reconcile its 2 prohibition of marijuana with the laws of the States 3 where marijuana is legal for some purposes and the 4 likelihood that more States will follow in this path.
5 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT.
6 There is established a commission to be known as the 7 National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy (in this 8 Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
9 SEC. 4. DUTIES.
10 The Commission shall undertake a comprehensive re11 view of the state and efficacy of current policies of the 12 Federal Government toward marijuana in light of the 13 growing number of States in which marijuana is legal for 14 medicinal or personal use, including—
15 (1) how Federal policy should interact with 16 State laws that make marijuana legal for medicinal 17 or personal use;
18 (2) the cost of marijuana prohibition and poten19 tial State and Federal regulation of marijuana, as 20 well as the potential revenue generated by taxation
21 of marijuana; 22 (3) the impact of Federal banking and tax laws
23 on businesses operating in compliance with State 24 laws related to marijuana;
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1 (4) the health impacts, both benefits and risks,2 related to marijuana use, and in comparison to alco3 hol and tobacco use; 4 (5) the domestic and international public safety 5 effects of marijuana prohibition and the impact that 6 regulation and control of marijuana has on public 7 safety; 8 (6) the impact of marijuana prohibition on 9 criminal justice, including any racial disparities, and 10 the collateral consequences of prosecution for mari11 juana possession, including lack of access to hous12 ing, education, and employment; 13 (7) recommending the appropriate placement of 14 marijuana in the schedule of the Controlled Sub15 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.); and 16 (8) the effects of marijuana prohibition or fu 17 ture regulation and control of marijuana on inter18 national relationships and treaty obligations.
19 SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP.
20 (a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission 21 shall be composed of 13 members appointed as follows: 22 (1) Five individuals appointed by the President, 23 one of whom the President shall designate as a co24 chair of the Commission. VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:18 Apr 26, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652
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