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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 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.
