United States · Bill · S
S. 1803 (115th)
MEDS Act
Introduced
13 September 2017
Last action
13 September 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5483-5484)
Sponsors
Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017 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
13 September 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5483-5484)
Source: IntroReferral
13 September 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 13 September 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← MEDS Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1803
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1803
- us · 115-s-1803 · source updated 10 August 2026