American Hemp Protection Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The American Hemp Protection Act is a narrow repeal bill. Effective November 12, 2025, it repeals section 781 of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37. Section 781 is identified in this bill as amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to hemp. The text shown does not replace those amendments with a new hemp definition, licensing rule, product standard, or enforcement regime; it simply repeals that section effective on the specified date.
Who Benefits and How
Hemp growers benefit if repeal preserves access to the pre-section-781 Federal hemp framework. Hemp processors benefit if the repeal avoids new Agricultural Marketing Act restrictions created by section 781. Hemp retailers benefit if products affected by the Public Law 119-37 amendments remain lawful under the prior framework. State hemp programs benefit from avoiding immediate implementation of the repealed section 781 changes.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA hemp program staff must account for repeal of the Public Law 119-37 hemp amendments as of November 12, 2025. Federal drug and agriculture regulators that supported section 781 lose that statutory change unless another law replaces it. State hemp regulators may need to adjust guidance or enforcement plans that assumed section 781 would take effect.
Key Provisions
- Repeals section 781 of Public Law 119-37 with respect to hemp amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.
- Provides an effective date of November 12, 2025 for the repeal.
- Preserves the pre-section-781 hemp framework in the text shown rather than creating a replacement regulatory system.
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals, effective November 12, 2025, section 781 of Public Law 119-37, which amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to hemp, thereby preserving the pre-section-781 hemp framework unless Congress enacts another change.
Key Policy Areas
Hemp, Agriculture, Cannabinoid Policy
Primary Purpose
Repeals, effective November 12, 2025, section 781 of Public Law 119-37, which amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to hemp, thereby preserving the pre-section-781 hemp framework unless Congress enacts another change.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Hemp growers
- Hemp processors
- Hemp retailers
- State hemp programs
Identified Costs
- USDA hemp program staff
- Federal drug regulators
- State hemp regulators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and …
Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Massie, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
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