G:\M\15\DEGETT\DEGETT_008.XML [114H3629] ..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member) H. R. ll 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. DEGETTE (for herself and Mr. COFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Respect States’ and 5 Citizens’ Rights Act of 2017’’. 6 SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 7 Section 708 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 8 U.S.C. 903) is amended— g:\VHLC\051617\051617.202.xml May 16, 2017 (2:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:23 May 16, 2017 Jkt 000000 (660516 1) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\DBIRCH\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\DEGETT~1.XML G:\M\15\DEGETT\DEGETT_008.XML 2 1 (1) by striking ‘‘No provision’’ and inserting 2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub- 3 section (b), no provision’’; and 4 5 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING STATE MARIHUANA 6 LAWS.—In the case of any State law that pertains to mar7 ihuana, no provision of this title shall be construed as indi8 cating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy 9 the field in which that provision operates, including crimi10 nal penalties, to the exclusion of State law on the same 11 subject matter, nor shall any provision of this title be con12 strued as preempting any such State law.’’. g:\VHLC\051617\051617.202.xml May 16, 2017 (2:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:23 May 16, 2017 Jkt 000000 (660516 1) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\DBIRCH\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\DEGETT~1.XML