1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov January 30, 20192018 Farm Bill Primer: Hemp Cultivation and ProcessingThe enacted 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, P.L. 115-334) includes a number of provisions that facilitate the commercial cultivation, processing, marketing, and sale of industri
2、al hemp in the United States. It expands upon hemp-related provisions enacted in the 2014 farm bill (Agricultural Act of 2014, P.L. 113-79) and includes provisions that originated from congressional bills, such as the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 (S. 2667, H.R. 5485). Expanded Definition of Hemp The 201
3、8 farm bill expands the definition of hemp, originally established in statute as part of the 2014 farm bill (7 U.S.C. 5940(b)(2), codified in Section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA). The amended definition defines hemp to mean: the plant “Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that
4、plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Legalized Hemp Production and Sale The 2018 farm