“A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to modify the definition of hemp, and for other purposes.”
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This section revises hemp production requirements under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639 et seq.), which established the Domestic Hemp Production Program to regulate non-psychoactive cannabis production by licensed producers in states, tribes, and by USDA. Specifically, it (1) increases the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration threshold defining hemp to 1 percent on a dry weight basis (from 0.3 percent); (2) requires valid testing methods for products derived from hemp plants with a measurement of uncertainty not greater than 0.075 percent in state, tribal, and USDA hemp production plans; and (3) requires persons transporting hemp to carry with the shipment either a copy of the producer's valid license or authorization or a laboratory certificate confirming a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 1 percent. This section further directs the Secretary of Agriculture to revise 7 CFR part 990 within 90 days to conform to these changes, without regard to notice-and-comment procedures under 5 U.S.C. 553.