7 U.S.C. § 1639r: Regulations and guidelines…

Summary

The Secretary must quickly create rules and guidance to carry out this subchapter. The Secretary must talk with the Attorney General when making those rules. The Secretary must also send a yearly report to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry with updates on how the subchapter is being carried out. Except as allowed by subsection (c)(3)(B), the Secretary has sole authority to make federal rules about hemp production, including rules to implement sections 1639p and 1639q. Nothing here changes the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), section 262 of title 42, or the powers of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs or the Secretary of Health and Human Services under those laws, including their ability to make rules about hemp production under those laws.

Title 7, §1639r

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(a)Promulgation of regulations and guidelines; report

(1)Regulations and guidelines

(A)In general

The Secretary shall promulgate regulations and guidelines to implement this subchapter as expeditiously as practicable.

(B)Consultation with Attorney General

The Secretary shall consult with the Attorney General on the promulgation of regulations and guidelines under subparagraph (A).

(2)Report

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)Authority

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)Effect on other law

Nothing in this subchapter shall affect or modify—

(1)the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.);

(2)section 262 of title 42; or

(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

(ii)section 262 of title 42; 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.

§1639r Regulations and Guidelines; Effect on Other Law

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Title 7, §1639r

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