June 18, 2025
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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.