Entire TEXT of House Resolution 499 marijuana released today

'SEC. 103. APPLICATION TO MARIHUANA.

'(a) General Nonapplication- Except as provided in this section,
 this title and title III do not apply to marihuana.

'(b) Exception: Prohibition on Certain Transportations and
 Shipments- It shall be unlawful to ship or transport marihuana
 from any place outside a State, territory, or district of the
 United States, or other place noncontiguous to but subject to
 the jurisdiction of the United States, into that State, territory,
 or district of the United States, or place, when such marihuana
 is intended by any person interested therein to be received,
 possessed, sold, or in any manner used, in violation of
any law of such State, territory, district, or place.

'(c) Penalty- Whoever knowingly violates subsection
 (b) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code,
 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.'.

SEC. 103. CONFORMING AND ANCILLARY AMENDMENTS.

(a) Modification of Definition of 'Felony Drug Offense'-
 Section 102(44) of the Controlled Substances Act
 (21 U.S.C. 802(44)) is amended by striking 'marihuana,'.

(b) Elimination of Marijuana Penalty Provisions- Part D of the
 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended--

(1) in section 401--

(A) by striking subsection (b)(1)(A)(vii);

(B) by striking subsection (b)(1)(B)(vii);

(C) by striking subsection (b)(1)(D); and

(D) by striking subsection (b)(4);

(2) in section 402(c)(2)(B), by striking 'marihuana,';

(3) in section 403(d)(1), by striking 'marihuana,';

(4) in section 418(a), by striking the last sentence;

(5) in section 419(a), by striking the last sentence;

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