While the Senate prepares to take up a must-pass defense bill, marijuana reform is in the mix in several respects.
As part of advancing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), leaders are also seeking to attach separate broader intelligence legislation that had included a provision preventing the denial of security clearances over cannabis when it was approved by a Senate committee earlier this year.
But now, two GOP senators have protested the inclusion of the marijuana language and it has been dropped from the measure, prompting the sponsor to separately file new, broader amendments on the issue.
One of the latest proposals from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) would prevent the denial of federal security clearances for people over cannabis use at any time, while the other would limit the protection only to people who admit to past use prior to entering national security vetting.
The House passed its own version of the NDAA in July, and that legislation included provisions on marijuana banking, psychedelics research, veterans’ medical cannabis access and more.
On the Senate side, Wyden filed the new security clearance amendments on Wednesday after Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) raised an objection to attaching the Intelligence
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