Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a federal regulatory framework for cannabinoid products, including FDA standards, registration, age controls, recalls, recordkeeping, flavored-product restrictions, public-health funding, underage-use prevention grants, and cannabis-impaired-driving research and prevention programs.
Who Benefits and How
Consumers, public-health agencies, and traffic-safety programs would gain stronger safety standards, product oversight, youth-prevention funding, and cannabis-impaired-driving research and prevention support.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Cannabinoid manufacturers, importers, retailers, and online sellers would face new federal product standards, age-verification rules, registration, records, recalls, and flavored-product restrictions, while multiple federal agencies would have to write rules and publish reports.
Key Provisions
- Creates a new FDA cannabinoid-products regime covering adulteration, misbranding, registration, product standards, recalls, records, flavored electronic delivery systems, and federal-state interaction.
- Defines cannabis and cannabinoid-product terms in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
- Requires a joint federal report on regulating THC cannabinoid beverages.
- Funds cannabis public-health surveillance and grants to prevent underage cannabis use.
- Creates cannabis-impaired-driving research, public education, state grant, and model-standard work at DOT and NHTSA.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a federal regulatory framework for cannabinoid products, including FDA standards, registration, age controls, recalls, recordkeeping, flavored-product restrictions, public-health funding, underage-use prevention grants, and cannabis-impaired-driving research and prevention programs.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Consumer Protection, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill creates a federal regulatory framework for cannabinoid products, including FDA standards, registration, age controls, recalls, recordkeeping, flavored-product restrictions, public-health funding, underage-use prevention grants, and cannabis-impaired-driving research and prevention programs.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Consumers and youth affected by cannabinoid product safety and access rules
- Public-health and traffic-safety agencies receiving new funding and research authorities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Cannabinoid manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers
- Federal agencies responsible for new rulemaking, reporting, and enforcement
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Cannabinoid product manufacturers and processors, Cannabinoid product manufacturers and testing entities subject to federal product standards, Cannabinoid product manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers subject to the new federal regime
Department of Transportation and NHTSA programs carrying out cannabis-impaired-driving research and prevention work, Department of Transportation and NHTSA staff implementing cannabis-impaired-driving education strategies, Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration staff conducting cannabis-impaired-driving research and reporting
Positive-direction: Department of Transportation and NHTSA programs carrying out cannabis-impaired-driving research and prevention work, Drivers and the public affected by cannabis-impaired driving, Road users affected by cannabis-impaired driving risk
Negative-direction: Department of Transportation and NHTSA staff implementing cannabis-impaired-driving education strategies, Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration staff conducting cannabis-impaired-driving research and reporting, Department of Transportation staff evaluating and potentially drafting a model cannabis-impairment standard
Consumers exposed to dangerous cannabinoid products, Consumers purchasing cannabinoid products, Consumers relying on cannabinoid product labels and disclosures
Federal agencies assigned to design the cannabinoid-beverage regulatory framework, State officials administering grant-funded impaired-driving prevention programs, States eligible for cannabis-impaired-driving prevention grants
Positive-direction: States eligible for cannabis-impaired-driving prevention grants
Negative-direction: Federal agencies assigned to design the cannabinoid-beverage regulatory framework, State officials administering grant-funded impaired-driving prevention programs
People younger than 21 who might otherwise access restricted cannabinoid products, Youth and other consumers vulnerable to flavored inhaled cannabinoid products
States, Tribes, and nonprofit entities eligible for underage-cannabis prevention awards
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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