§1639q Department of Agriculture

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must run a federal plan to monitor and control hemp production in any State or Indian tribe that does not have an approved state or tribal hemp plan. The plan must keep land records for at least 3 calendar years (including a legal land description), test hemp for delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol using post-decarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods, have a way to destroy plants and products made in violation, follow the law’s enforcement steps, inspect at least a random sample of hemp growers every year, and include any other reasonable practices the Secretary finds appropriate. The Secretary must also issue licenses under that plan. Growing hemp without a Secretary-issued license in those places is illegal. The Secretary will enforce violations instead of a state or Tribal government and must report unlicensed hemp growing to the Attorney General. The Secretary will collect and share, in real time with law enforcement, each hemp producer’s contact information, the legal land description where hemp is grown, the producer’s license or authorization status, and any changes to that status.