HR8394-119

In Committee

Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Apr 20, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Government Operations, Healthcare.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H1E31BA8D4B93437E87825E6F163CCDC5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2026.
  • Section HB1F9463DF0A14808AA90EB86FD6A3601: 2. Marijuana for research purposes Section 303(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(a)) is amended— in paragraph (5), by striking ; and and...
  • Section H58FCDDCA92044B7F9A3A657C1558B173: 3. Drug Enforcement Administration license process to study marijuana Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of...
  • Section HF24D6D5062EF42888C3A2D1751D0A163: 4. Institution of higher education partnership Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of...
  • Section HCB7F9A7FABC64F689508A51239B73F22: 5. Grant program for universities to study marijuana Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Government Operations, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Government Operations Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
schools, students, and education providers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 20, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Apr 20, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 20, 2026

Ms. Titus (for herself and Ms. Omar) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Government Operations Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

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