House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Hemp Enforcement, Modernization, and Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of cannabinoid hemp products, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7212.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 15, January 22, 2026, Page H1351):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution as well as Amendment XVISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7212, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7212
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), John James (R-MI), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Griffith.
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- H.R. 7211 (119th) To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3632 (119th) Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 6028 (119th) Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
- H.Res. 1075 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy…
- H.Res. 1275 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5625) to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of each State and…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.