Sec. 3. Amendments to Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998
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Subtitle F of title V of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 is amended— in section 576 ( 42 U.S.C. 13661 )— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking Notwithstanding and inserting Except as provided in paragraph
(3)and notwithstanding ; in paragraph (2), by inserting other than the use of marijuana described in paragraph
(3)after controlled substance each place such term appears; and by adding at the end the following: A public housing agency or an owner of federally assisted housing may not establish standards prohibiting admission to the program or admission to federally assisted housing for any household with a member who engages in the use, distribution, possession, sale, or manufacture of marijuana, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ), that is in compliance with the law of the State in which such use, distribution, possession, sale, or manufacture takes place. ; and in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: In this subsection, the term criminal activity does not include the use, distribution, possession, sale, or manufacture of marijuana, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ), that is in compliance with the law of the State in which such use, distribution, possession, sale, or manufacture takes place. ; in section 577 ( 42 U.S.C. 13662 ), by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term illegal use of a controlled substance does not include the use, distribution, possession, sale, or manufacture of marijuana, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ), that is in compliance with the law of the State in which such use, distribution, possession, sale, or manufacture takes place. ; in section 579(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 13664(a) ), by adding at the end the following: The term State means— each of the several States of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Guam; American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the Federated States of Micronesia; the Republic of the Marshall Islands; the Republic of Palau; and the United States Virgin Islands. ; and by inserting after section 579 ( 42 U.S.C. 13664 ) the following: In this section, the term marijuana has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ). The Secretary may not prohibit or otherwise discourage any activity involving the use, distribution, possession, sale, or manufacture of marijuana in federally assisted housing that is in compliance with the law of the State in which such activity takes place. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act of 2025 , the Secretary shall issue regulations that restrict smoking marijuana in federally assisted housing in the same manner and same locations as the Secretary restricts smoking tobacco in public housing under subpart G of part 965 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation). .
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