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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 508
PRINTER'S NO. 552
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
36
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, SCARNATI, LEACH, WHITE, FONTANA,
TARTAGLIONE, SCHWANK, VOGEL, McILHINNEY, ARGALL,
RESCHENTHALER AND BARTOLOTTA, MARCH 16, 2017
SENATOR FOLMER, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, MARCH 21, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to reauthorize the
Rohrabacher-Farr amendment to prevent the United States
Department of Justice from spending funds to interfere with
the implementation of state medical marijuana laws.
WHEREAS, The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment prevents the United
States Department of Justice from spending funds to interfere
with the implementation of state medical marijuana laws; and
WHEREAS, The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment does not change the
status of marijuana with respect to Federal law; and
WHEREAS, The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment states, "None of the
funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice
may be used, with respect to any of the States of Alabama,
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
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Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, or with respect to either
the District of Columbia or Guam, to prevent any of them from
implementing their own laws that authorize the use,
distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana";
and
WHEREAS, On December 16, 2014, the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment
was initially signed into Federal law as part of an omnibus
spending bill; and
WHEREAS, On December 18, 2015, the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment
was reauthorized as part of the fiscal year 2016 Federal omnibus
appropriations bill; and
WHEREAS, In September 2016, the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment
was reauthorized again as a part of a short-term spending bill;
and
WHEREAS, The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment must be reauthorized
each fiscal year in order to remain in effect; and
WHEREAS, The Rohrabacher-Farr AMENDMENT expires on April 28,
2017; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
urge the Congress of the United States to reauthorize the
Rohrabacher-Farr amendment to prevent the United States
Department of Justice from spending funds to interfere with the
implementation of state medical marijuana laws; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the
President of the United States, the presiding officers of each
house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
Pennsylvania.
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