# 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act 119-s-5022, Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022 - As of: 2026-09-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-5022 - Congress: 119 - Title: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-07-16 - Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ) - Cosponsors: 17 - Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-17 ## Summary **This bill's central aim is federal **descheduling of cannabis** and building a national system to regulate, tax, research, and repair harms from the War on Drugs.** It pairs removal of cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act with a new federal regulatory structure, a cannabis excise tax, broad research investments, and retroactive relief for past federal cannabis convictions. - Families and public safety: Funds underage‑use prevention grants and a national media campaign and backs impaired‑driving research and prevention grants, including a supplemental $30 million per year for impaired‑driving programs through FY2026–FY2030. These provisions aim to expand education, testing capacity, and crash data collection. - Justice‑impacted people and communities: Requires district courts to review and expunge federal cannabis convictions dating back to May 1, 1971, and creates community reinvestment and restorative opportunity programs, including a Community Reinvestment Grant of $1.65 billion for FY2026 to support reentry, legal aid, job training, and related services. - Businesses, workers, and research: Establishes a federal cannabis excise tax that phases in from 10% up to 25% and creates an Opportunity Trust Fund. It also funds major research and infrastructure lines including $200 million to NIH research and $275 million per year to expand research‑grade product availability, updates banking and SBA access, and creates a federal permit and FDA regulatory regime for cannabis products. *Creates a new federal cannabis excise tax and many specified multi‑year appropriations routed to an Opportunity Trust Fund; the text lists detailed revenue and spending lines but does not provide a single net deficit estimate.* ## Cosponsors (17) - Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Immigration relief for cannabis: benefit, high. If enacted, cannabis would no longer be treated as a controlled substance under U.S. immigration laws. An immigrant could not be denied immigration benefits because of cannabis events, even if they happened before enactment. People with removal orders based wholly or partly on cannabis offenses cou… - Housing help for harmed communities: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would give HUD $300 million each year for FY2026–FY2030 for housing and community development projects that help people and neighborhoods harmed by the War on Drugs. HUD could use up to 10% of each yearly amount for administration, evaluation, and technical assistance. HUD must… - Big small‑business and licensing aid: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would fund multiple programs to help small cannabis businesses. It would create a 10-year SBA lending pilot that lets the SBA lend to intermediaries for on‑lending, with per-borrower caps of $200,000 and FY2026 funding ($90 million and $41 million available through Sept 30, 203… - Relief and reinvestment for affected people: benefit, high. If enacted, federal courts would automatically review and expunge many old federal cannabis convictions and juvenile records from May 1, 1971 through the day before enactment within one year. The Justice Department would create a Cannabis Justice Office to run grants and programs and hire staff, an… - Big federal cannabis research push: benefit, high. If enacted, HHS and NIH would get major funding to study cannabis health effects and increase research supply. The bill would fund research-grade product supply ($275 million per year) and give NIH $200 million per year for biomedical studies for FY2026–2030. HHS would award grants ($200 million pe… - More funding for substance and public health: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would broaden a federal substance use grant program to cover opioid, stimulant, and other substance use disorders and fund it with $200 million each year for FY2026–FY2030. It would also expand public‑health surveillance to track cannabis and polysubstance harms, raise the base… - Ban on financial discrimination: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would make it unlawful for financial institutions to deny goods or services based on race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity. It would create a private right to seek injunctions and related relief in federal court without… - Protections for benefits, clearances, banking: benefit, medium. If enacted, Federal agencies could not deny public benefits because of cannabis use, possession, or cannabis convictions. Agencies could not grant, deny, or rescind a security clearance solely for cannabis use. Financial institutions could not refuse financial services only because of a prior nonvi… - Worker safety, data, and grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require OSHA rules to apply to cannabis employers and have OSHA and NIOSH issue recommended safety guidance within 60 days. NIOSH would research workplace effects of state recreational legalization and provide employer best practices within 2 years, with $2 million per ye… - Prevent cannabis-impaired driving: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Department of Transportation would run a national program to prevent cannabis-impaired driving. The Secretary would publish best practices within 1 year and set national campaigns within 2 years. States could get grants—Congress would set aside $45 million per year for FY2026–2030 f… - Banking guidance for cannabis businesses: benefit, medium. If enacted, FinCEN would have 180 days to update its 2014 marijuana-related banking guidance to match this law and address cash held by cannabis businesses at enactment. The law would add definitions and require uniform FFIEC examination procedures for banks serving cannabis businesses. FinCEN must… - Home grow rules and key definitions: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would add many official definitions for 'cannabis', 'producer', and related terms. It would create a personal‑use exception so an individual who grows cannabis only at their home (or yard/shed) and stays within quantity limits the Secretary sets would not be treated as a produc… - Grants and campaign to stop youth use: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would fund grants to states, tribes, and community groups to prevent underage cannabis use. Grants would pay for prevention, early intervention, education, and data collection and must supplement other funds. The bill would also fund a national multimedia prevention campaign. Congre… - New federal cannabis tax and rules: mixed, high. If enacted, producers and importers would pay a new federal excise tax on cannabis. For the first five years the tax would be 10%, 10%, 15%, 20%, then 25% of removal price; after year five the tax would be computed as 25% of the Secretary's 12-month average sales price per ounce (flower) or per gra… - FDA safety rules and funding: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would make the FDA set national safety, testing, labeling, and packaging rules for cannabis products. The FDA would create a Center for Cannabis Products within 90 days and get $425 million each year for FY2026–FY2030 to run the program. Makers would register and list products… - New hemp total-THC test and limits: mixed, high. If enacted, the hemp definition would switch from a delta-9 test to a 'total tetrahydrocannabinol equivalent' test that counts delta-8, delta-9, delta-10, THCA, and similar substances unless excluded by HHS. The general allowable total THC equivalent would be 1 milligram per 100 grams dry weight, w… - Enforcement, penalties, and local authority: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would strengthen federal enforcement tools while preserving state, tribal, and local authority to make stricter cannabis rules. It would set criminal penalties for knowingly handling large amounts (10 pounds or more can bring up to 1 year and fines up to $50,000; 20 pounds or m… - Product safety, labels, and transitions: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Treasury would issue tracking and tracing rules within one year for everyone who makes, moves, or handles cannabis products. The rules may require label codes and recordkeeping but must not force retailers to keep records of individual purchasers. The bill would create a 22-member C… - New federal cannabis tax rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would create new tax rules and enforcement for cannabis. The original producer or importer would be liable for the tax, and transferees can become liable when products move tax-free. The tax would attach when cannabis exists in its cannabis form and be a first lien until paid.… ## Related bills - 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 - 119-s-1503: Equality Act - 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-5022 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5022) ## Related - [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503) - [119-s-852: Richard L. 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