# 115-hr-4711: Industrial Hemp Banking Act

115-hr-4711, Industrial Hemp Banking Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4711
- Congress: 115
- Title: Industrial Hemp Banking Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2017-12-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Industrial Hemp Banking Act This bill prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance or share insurance of a depository institution solely because the institution provides financial services to a legitimate industrial hemp business; (2) prohibiting or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering financial services to such a business; (3) recommending, incentivizing, or encouraging a depository institution not to offer financial services to an account holder solely because the account holder is affiliated with such a business; or (4) taking any adverse or corrective supervisory action on a loan made to a person solely because the person either owns such a business or owns real estate or equipment leased to such a business. As specified by the bill, a depository institution shall not, under federal law, be liable or subject to forfeiture for providing financial services to a legitimate industrial hemp business.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4711 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4711)

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- [115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5141)
- [115-hr-4099: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless vete…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4099)
- [115-hr-3641: Free File Permanence Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3641)
- [115-hr-2948: To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary lic…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2948)
- [115-hr-2683: Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2683)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4711 (as of 2025-11-18).