U.S. hemp interests are sounding the alarm over a House Republican budget proposal that, if passed by Congress, would ban hemp-derived THC products outright at the federal level, including so-called THCA flower.
The proposal – the Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill” – has language that would “clos(e) the hemp loophole’” created by the 2018 Farm Bill, said U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican and the chair of a key subcommittee.
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The $25.523 billion spending bill introduced Wednesday includes funding for rural broadband, food stamps and federal food inspectors.
But the measure also drastically revises the definition of hemp used in the 2018 Farm Bill that has led to “the proliferation of unregulated intoxicating
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