Overview
- The Senate approved the funding package 60–40 after rejecting Sen. Rand Paul’s bid to remove the hemp provision, sending the bill to the House with the language intact.
- According to bill summaries, the change targets unregulated sales of intoxicating hemp-derived products such as delta-8 in convenience outlets and online, while preserving non-intoxicating CBD and industrial hemp.
- The revised definition limits hemp products for human or animal use to 0.3% total THC by dry weight and no more than 0.4 milligrams total THC per container.
- If enacted, the restrictions would take effect 365 days after the bill is signed into law, and a White House official said President Trump backs the current hemp language.
- The push is championed by Sen. Mitch McConnell and supported by many state attorneys general, while opposed by Paul and some Republicans including Sen. Ted Cruz, alongside industry groups warning of major losses in a $28 billion market.