The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Act) mentions Hemp several times mostly adding new wording from other bills. This bill sets several definitions of hemp and the jurisdiction of the entities attempting to regulate nature.
SEC. 7129. SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE CROPS; HEMP. Section 1473D of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘crops,’’ and inserting ‘‘crops (including canola),’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by inserting ‘‘for agronomic rotational purposes and as a habitat for honey bees and other pollinators’’ after ‘‘alternative crops’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘commodities whose’’ and all that fol-lows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘commodities.’’; (3) in subsection (c)(3)(E), by inserting ‘‘(including hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946))’’ after ‘‘material’’; and (4) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(3) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’. ,
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SEC. 7605. LEGITIMACY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (b) and (a), respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in alphabetical order; (2) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the meaning given such term in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.’’;
H. R. 2—340 (3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH’’; and (4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c) STUDY AND REPORT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of agricultural pilot programs— ‘‘(A) to determine the economic viability of the domestic production and sale of industrial hemp; and ‘‘(B) that shall include a review of— ‘‘(i) each agricultural pilot program; and ‘‘(ii) any other agricultural or academic research relating to industrial hemp. ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).’’. (b) REPEAL.—Effective on the date that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary establishes a plan under section 297C of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) is repealed.
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SEC. 10113. HEMP PRODUCTION.
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Subtitle G—Hemp Production ‘‘SEC. 297A. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘In this subtitle: ‘‘(1) HEMP.—The term ‘hemp’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta- 9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 per-cent on a dry weight basis.