A pair of diametrically opposed amendments have been filed to a key bill covering funding for the Department of Justice: one bipartisan measure to protect all state marijuana programs from federal intervention and another led by a longtime GOP prohibitionist to block the Biden administration from rescheduling cannabis.
Additionally, there are proposals on the table to restrict federal agencies from testing job applicants for marijuana and protect states that legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin.
As the House gets back to work on fiscal year 2024 appropriations legislation, the proposed amendments to the bill covering Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) will now be taken into consideration by the Republican-controlled House Rules Committee, which will determine whether they can be taken up on the floor.
The state cannabis protection amendment is being sponsored by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Barbara Lee (D-CA). Earlier versions of the measure have been been approved on the House floor in years past but have yet to be enacted into law.
The measure would bar the Justice Department from using any federal funds to “prevent any State, the District of Columbia, or any territory of the United States
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