119-s2112

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2112 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2112

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to modify the 
 definition of hemp, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 18, 2025

 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to modify the 
 definition of hemp, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Hemp Economic Mobilization Plan Act 
of 2025'' or the ``HEMP Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. HEMP PRODUCTION.

    (a) Definition of Hemp.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 297A

    (1) of the Agricultural 
 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o

    (1) ) is amended by 
 striking ``0.3 percent'' and inserting ``1 percent''.

    (2) Conforming amendment.--

Section 297B

    (e)

    (2)
        (A)
            (iii) of 
 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
 1639p

    (e)

    (2)
        (A)
            (iii) ) is amended by striking ``0.3 percent'' and 
 inserting ``1 percent''.

    (b) Testing for Delta-9 THC; Documentation During Transport.--

    (1) State and tribal plans.--

Section 297B

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of the 
 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639p

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) ) is 
 amended--
        (A) in clause
            (ii) --
            (i) by inserting ``the measurement of 
 uncertainty of which is not greater than 0.075 
 percent,'' after ``methods,''; and
            (ii) by striking ``hemp'' and inserting 
 ``products derived from hemp plants'';
        (B) in clause
            (vi) , by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (C) by redesignating clause
            (vii) as clause
            (viii) ;
            (D) by inserting after clause
            (vi) the following:
 ``
            (vii) a requirement that any person 
 transporting hemp shall keep with the shipment 
 of hemp--
 ``
            (I) a copy of a valid license or 
 other required authorization from the 
 State department of agriculture or 
 Tribal government, as applicable, or a 
 license from the Secretary, issued to 
 the producer, as is required to be 
 submitted to the Secretary under clause
            (vi) , as applicable, and collected by 
 the Secretary under 

section 297C
            (d) (2)
            (C) ; or
 ``
            (II) a copy of a certificate from 
 a laboratory demonstrating that the 
 hemp contains a delta-9 
 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 
 not more than 1 percent on a dry weight 
 basis; and''; and
        (E) in clause
            (viii) (as so redesignated), by 
 striking ``the practices and procedures described in 
 clauses
            (i) through
            (vi) '' and inserting ``clauses
            (i) through
            (vii) ''.

    (2) Department of agriculture plan.--

Section 297C

    (a)

    (2) of 
 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639q

    (a)

    (2) ) 
 is amended--
        (A) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (i) by inserting ``the measurement of 
 uncertainty of which is not greater than 0.075 
 percent,'' after ``methods,''; and
            (ii) by striking ``hemp'' and inserting 
 ``products derived from hemp plants'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
            (C) in subparagraph
        (F) , by striking the period at 
 the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (G) a requirement that any person transporting 
 hemp shall keep with the shipment of hemp--
 ``
            (i) a copy of a valid license or other 
 required authorization from a State department 
 of agriculture or Tribal government, as 
 applicable, or a license from the Secretary, 
 issued to the producer, as is required to be 
 submitted to the Secretary under 

section 297B

    (a)

    (2)
        (A)
            (vi) , as applicable, and collected 
 by the Secretary under subsection
            (d) (2)
            (C) ; or
 ``
            (ii) a copy of a certificate from a 
 laboratory demonstrating that the hemp contains 
 a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 
 not more than 1 percent on a dry weight 
 basis.''.
            (c) Conforming Revisions to Regulations.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, without regard to the notice 
and comment provisions of 

section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise part 990 of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations, to make any conforming changes that are necessary 
as a result of this section and the amendments made by this section.
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