A powerful House committee has blocked all proposed marijuana amendments—some that were pro-reform and others that were anti-reform—from floor consideration as part of a large scale defense bill. That means a measure included in the base bill to prevent military branches from testing recruits for cannabis as a condition of enlistment has been left intact, despite opposition from the White House.
The House Rules Committee took up the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, declining to make in order any of the drug policy amendments such as a proposal to prevent security clearance denials based on past marijuana use.
Notably, the panel blocked an amendment to eliminate language included in the base bill, which advanced through the Armed Services Committee, that would prevent military branches for testing recruits for cannabis for enlistment or commission.
That measure to strip the section was sponsored by Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mary Miller (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Gary Palmer (R-GA), Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Claudia Tenney (R-NY). An identical amendment was initially filed by Sessions alone last week, but it was withdrawn.
The language that remains intact in the NDAA bill reads:
SEC. 531 PROHIBITION ON CANNABIS TESTING FOR
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