A GOP-controlled House committee has voted to maintain a federal ban blocking Washington, D.C. from creating a system of regulated adult-use marijuana sales.

At a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday, members approved an en bloc package of Republican amendments to the 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) spending legislation that reinserted the D.C. cannabis rider that had previously  been omitted from the base bill at the subcommittee level.

This marks another major setback for advocates, as the full committee also voted on Thursday to remove a section of the bill that would’ve provided limited marijuana banking protections.

Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus and chair of the Appropriations FSGG Subcommittee, said he intends to find alternative avenues to advancing cannabis banking legislation. His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his decision to include the D.C. marijuana rider in the en bloc amendment he filed on behalf of committee Republicans, however.

Here’s the language: 

“SEC. 8XX. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use,

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