A powerful congressional committee is blocking amendments to prevent a scheduled federal ban on hemp THC products from taking effect in November.
The House Rules Committee on Monday determined that several separate proposals will not be allowed to advance to floor votes.
One proposal, from Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), would have kept many hemp products legal that are currently set to be recriminalized this year, add labeling requirements and institute new taxes on sales, among other regulatory reforms.
Another amendment, from Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) and Jim Baird (R-IN), would have simply delayed the planned recriminalization of hemp THC products for an additional two years.
A third measure, from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), would have similarly enacted a delay, but only for one year.
A fourth proposal, from Rep. James Comer (R-KY) and Fry, sought to prevent federal officials from spending any funds to enforce sections of last year’s annual agriculture appropriations bill that significantly narrowed the scope of what constitutes federally legal hemp. The amendment was withdrawn, however, before the panel had a chance to decide on it.
Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill
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