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§1639r Regulations and guidelines; effect on other law

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - HEMP PRODUCTION › § 1639r

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must quickly create rules and guidelines to carry out this subchapter. The Secretary must consult with the Attorney General while doing that. Each year the Secretary must send a report with updates on implementation to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The Secretary has the sole authority to make federal rules about producing hemp, including rules to implement sections 1639p and 1639q, subject to subsection (c)(3)(B). Nothing here changes the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), section 262 of title 42, or the authority of the FDA Commissioner or the Secretary of Health and Human Services under those laws, including their power to make rules about hemp production under those laws.

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Title 7, §1639r

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(a)(1)(A)The Secretary shall promulgate regulations and guidelines to implement this subchapter as expeditiously as practicable.
(B)The Secretary shall consult with the Attorney General on the promulgation of regulations and guidelines under subparagraph (A).
(2)The Secretary shall annually submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing updates on the implementation of this subchapter.
(b)Subject to subsection (c)(3)(B), the Secretary shall have sole authority to promulgate Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the production of hemp, including Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the implementation of section 1639p and 1639q of this title.
(c)Nothing in this subchapter shall affect or modify—
(1)the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.);
(3)the authority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services—
(A)under—
(i)the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); or
(B)to promulgate Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the production of hemp under the Act described in subparagraph (A)(i) or the section described in subparagraph (A)(ii).

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The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), (3)(A)(i), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of Title 21 and Tables.

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7 U.S.C. § 1639r

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73