A congressional committee is directing federal officials to continue requiring government employees and safety-sensitive workers such as truck drivers and airline pilots to be drug tested for marijuana, “regardless of any future changes to the legal status or scheduling.”
The panel is separately urging agencies to focus on determining whether “commercially feasible technology” is available to help law enforcement detect cannabis-impaired driving, and is also supporting efforts to develop an “objective standard” to measure recent marijuana use.
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies spending bill and an attached report that includes several cannabis-related provisions.
One section, added during the markup via an amendment, notes that members are “aware of ongoing changes to Federal and State laws governing the legal status and scheduling of certain controlled substances” such as marijuana, and says that those reforms “should not be construed to alter existing Federal drug testing requirements applicable to Federal employees and individuals serving in safety-sensitive positions.”
Workers in positions regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) should continue to be tested for cannabis and other drugs, “regardless of any future changes to the legal status or scheduling of
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