Hemp Safety Enforcement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4315 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4315 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to maintain certain State and Tribal laws relating to hemp, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Paul (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. Ernst) 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 maintain certain State and Tribal laws relating to 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 Safety Enforcement Act''. SEC. 2. HEMP PRODUCTION. (a) Definition of Hemp.--Section 297A(1) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o(1)) (as amended by section 781 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026 (7 U.S.C. 1639o note; Public Law 119-37)), is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(D) Maintenance of state and tribal laws.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, with respect to a State or Indian tribe that submits a notice under section 297B(a)(3)(A)(i), the terms `hemp' and `hemp-derived cannabinoid product' have the meanings given those terms, or to related terms concerning the plant Cannabis sativa L. and products derived therefrom, in State or Tribal law, except that the State or Indian tribe shall comply with the exclusion from the definition in subparagraph (C)(iv)(I).''. (b) Self-Regulation by States and Indian Tribes.--Section 297B of the Agricultural Marketing