Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013

Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013 (H.R. 499) is a federal marijuana decriminalization law that was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. The bill would do three main things. First, it would remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances. Second, the bill would rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Firearms and Explosives, granting the renamed agency the authority to regulate marijuana in a similar manner to alcohol (and removing marijuana regulation authority from the Drug Enforcement Administration). Third, the proposed law would require people and companies producing or selling marijuana to purchase permits from the governm

Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013

Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013 (H.R. 499) is a federal marijuana decriminalization law that was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. The bill would do three main things. First, it would remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances. Second, the bill would rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Firearms and Explosives, granting the renamed agency the authority to regulate marijuana in a similar manner to alcohol (and removing marijuana regulation authority from the Drug Enforcement Administration). Third, the proposed law would require people and companies producing or selling marijuana to purchase permits from the governm