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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 5977 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Controlled Substances Act regarding marihuana, and for other purposes. · Sec. 204

Sec. 204. Administration like alcohol under Tax and Trade Bureau

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The Act of August 8, 1890 (commonly known as the Wilson Act or the Original Packages Act; 27 U.S.C. 121 ), is amended— by inserting , or cannabis, after intoxicating liquors or liquids ; and by striking such liquids or liquors and inserting such liquids, liquors, or cannabis . The Act of March 1, 1913 (commonly known as the Webb-Kenyon Act; 27 U.S.C. 122 ), is amended— by inserting cannabis or any after whatsoever, of any ; by inserting cannabis or after which said ; and by adding at the end of section 122b the following new subsection:
The Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the Department of the Treasury shall have primary authority regarding Federal regulation of the interstate and international trade in, and promotion, sale, and distribution of, cannabis products. The Secretary shall, not later than 6 months after the enactment of this Act, publish an interim final rule in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act ( 5 U.S.C. 500 et seq. ) regarding the promotion, sale, and distribution of cannabis products.
No later than 9 months after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall finalize and publish, as a final rule, regulations regarding the promotion, sale, and distribution of cannabis products. The Secretary shall expeditiously develop and implement a track-and-trace system for cannabis in interstate commerce. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall publish an interim final rule, and not later than 2 years after such date of enactment the Secretary shall finalize regulations regarding the promotion, sale, and distribution of cannabis products that occur through means other than a direct, face-to-face exchange between a retailer and a consumer, in order to prevent the sale and distribution of cannabis products to individuals who have not attained the age of 21, including requirements for age verification.
It is the intention of Congress that this Act be read consistently with the jurisprudence interpreting the Acts amended above and not as superseding or changing prior construction of the Acts with respect to the laws of the United States generally or the article I Commerce Clause. . Section 2 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 ( 27 U.S.C. 122a ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraphs
(3)and
(4)as paragraphs
(4)and (5), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following new paragraph: the term marijuana has the meaning given the term marihuana in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ); ; and in subsections
(b)and (c), by inserting or marijuana after intoxicating liquor each place it appears.
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