United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4825 (115th)
MEDS Act
Introduced
18 January 2018
Last action
24 January 2018 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sponsors
Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1], Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT], Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2], Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1], Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2018 or the MEDS Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate research involving marijuana and the commercial production of drugs made from marijuana. Specifically, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to register manufacturers and distributors to supply marijuana: (1) for use in research, and (2) for the commercial production of approved drugs containing or derived from marijuana.
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Timeline
18 January 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 January 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 January 2018
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
19 January 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
24 January 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 January 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4825
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4825
- us · 115-hr-4825 · source updated 5 December 2025