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Reference Materials: Hemp in 2024 Farm Bill
Here you will find a repository for all the supporting documents and materials referenced as part of the Hemp Industry Priorities for the 2024 Farm Bill. Click on each + to view or download.
The hemp industry has united in calling for Congress to regulate our industry. The Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act, introduced by Senator Wyden on September 25th, would ensure robust regulation of hemp products, not misguided prohibition.
The 2018 Farm Bill has honored its promise to US farmers as the hemp extract product market has surged to $28.4 billion, creating 328,000 agriculture and retail jobs, with a $13.2 billion employment impact and $1.5 billion generated in state tax revenue.
Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) has introduced Floor Amendment 55 – supported by a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress — to strip Harris’ language from the appropriations bill. This will allow legislative efforts to proceed – being led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) – to ensure robust regulation of hemp products.
The Mary Miller Amendment, added to the current version of the House Farm Bill without a recorded vote, would subject nearly all hemp extract products to federal criminal prohibition. While purported to “close the Delta-8 loophole”; the Mary Miller Amendment goes much farther:
- It would federally ban all ingestible hemp products with any “quantifiable” level of THC – 90-95% of the hemp product marketplace.
- This would not only prohibit products that potentially impair, it would ban the vast majority of non-intoxicating CBD products – all of which have trace, non-intoxicating levels of THC for scientific and therapeutic reasons.
- It would ban hemp-derived animal feed – which has been approved by FDA for these uses.
- It would wreak havoc in the hemp fiber and grain market: By redefining hemp to include a calculation of THC-A, most hemp grown in the US currently would be deemed non-compliant with federal law.
The Mary Miller Amendment would break Congress’ promise to U.S. hemp farmers in 2018, serving as the first time a farm bill has ever prohibited a crop relied upon for years by farmers.
Visit Congress.gov link here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1629
Visit Congress.gov link here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2451
The industry has stepped forward with self-regulation, via the US Hemp Authority (USHA) which creates and upholds stringent regulatory standards through independent third-party auditing, certifying hemp products. USHA has recently announced plans to create a new certification program for adult cannabinoid products.
