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Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Medical Marijuana Research Act","result":"Passed","yea":343,"nay":75,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll108.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-04-05"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-04-04","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Medical Marijuana Research Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes a new, separate registration process to facilitate medical marijuana research."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, it directs the Drug Enforcement Administration to register (1) practitioners to conduct medical marijuana research, and (2) manufacturers and distributors to supply marijuana for such research."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must continue to produce marijuana through the National Institute on Drug Abuse Drug Supply Program and implement a specialized process for supplying marijuana products available through state-authorized marijuana programs to researchers until manufacturers and distributors can provide a sufficient supply of marijuana for medical research."}],"words":97},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Controlled Substances Act to create registration for researchers, manufacturers and distributors of marijuana for medical research, and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to supply marijuana for that research.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#H34868178EDD543DDBB506256CEF85805"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#HB9B3BC0BE5D24396A4074290D4812BC3"}]},"core_areas":["Registration of qualified marijuana researchers","Registration of marijuana manufacturers and distributors 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register applicants to manufacture or distribute marijuana for use in research, unless registration is inconsistent with the public interest.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#HB9B3BC0BE5D24396A4074290D4812BC3"}},{"text":"Bars the Attorney General from limiting the number of persons eligible to be registered to manufacture or distribute marijuana for research.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#HB9B3BC0BE5D24396A4074290D4812BC3"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary of Health and Human Services from reinstating the Public Health Service interdisciplinary review process described in the guidance issued on May 21, 1999.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#HB4593658254C4EA098C33F594D56096C"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review existing research and report to Congress, not later than 5 years after enactment, on whether marijuana should be transferred to a schedule other than schedule I.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#HAF426B45EF69460BB25F67A0CD35D284"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#H182219021D0240538904D6217C4C0056"},"heading":"Article 28 of the single convention on narcotic drugs","effect":"Provides that Article 28 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is not to be read as prohibiting or adding restrictions on marijuana research, manufacture, distribution, or dispensing conducted under U.S. law and this Act.","amount":null,"quote":"Article 28 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs shall not be construed to prohibit, or impose additional restrictions upon, research involving marijuana"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#HB501C1771D1D4AB0A3B0FB8A7207C78A"},"heading":"Determination of budgetary effects","effect":"Directs that the budgetary effects of the Act under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 be determined by reference to the latest PAYGO statement printed in the Congressional Record by the House Budget Committee Chairman.","amount":null,"quote":"The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement"}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh#HB4593658254C4EA098C33F594D56096C"},"heading":"Termination of interdisciplinary review process for non-NIH-funded qualified marijuana researchers","effect":"Bars the Secretary of Health and Human Services from reinstating a 1999 Public Health Service review process for marijuana research or creating any additional review of scientific protocols that applies only to marijuana research, other than a review performed at a researcher's request.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not— (1) reinstate the Public Health Service interdisciplinary review process described in the guidance entitled “Guidance on Procedures for the Provision of Marijuana for Medical Research”"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-04-04","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5657/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5657.png","v":"b3344aecd71b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5657, 117th Congress: Medical Marijuana Research Act. House: 343 Yea, 75 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 4 Apr 2022."}}