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American Hemp Protection Act of 2025
To repeal section 781 of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, relating to amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, with respect to hemp.
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Summary
American Hemp Protection Act of 2025
This bill repeals changes to the regulation of hemp products, which reimpose certain federal controls over some hemp products.
Specifically, Congress enacted the FY2026 agriculture appropriations act (P.L. 119-37) on November 12, 2025. Effective November 12, 2026, the act modifies the statutory definition of hemp products that are considered to be lawful. This bill repeals the changes.
As background, the 2018 farm bill excluded hemp from the Controlled Substances Act definition of marijuana and defined hemp. As a result, hemp and hemp-derived products at or below the 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration threshold were no longer regulated as Schedule I controlled substances. Registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration was no longer required to cultivate or handle hemp and hemp-derived products. However, hemp remained subject to Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration regulation.
The 2025 changes to the definition of hemp, include
- changing the limit to a total THC concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis rather than only delta-9 THC,
- explicitly including industrial hemp,
- excluding seeds from a cannabis plant that exceed a certain THC concentration, and
- excluding various types of hemp-derived cannabinoid products.
Cannabinoids refer to unique chemical compounds that are found in hemp and marijuana (e.g., THC) and are known to exhibit a range of psychological and physiological effects.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jan 13, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
- Nov 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Nov 20, 2025 Introduced in House
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